KYW Plate Number Meaning: Kiyawa, Jigawa
The KYW plate number is registered in Kiyawa Local Government Area, Jigawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Kiyawa, seat at Kiyawa town, uses KYW. Codes here work as they do everywhere in the country: three letters allocated to a local government area, issued with the registration, and left unchanged until the vehicle is registered in a different district. The letters are the only part of a plate tied to a place.
KYW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KYW code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.
| Plate | Make | Colour | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| KYW-174AA | HONDA CIVIC | Custom | |
| KYW-111AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| KYW-222AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| KYW-123AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | NIL |
No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.
The District Behind KYW
- Local Government Area
- Kiyawa
- State
- Jigawa
- Headquarters
- Kiyawa
- Population
- 17,704 (2006)
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the KYW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KYW places the paperwork in Kiyawa. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a KYW plate away from Jigawa is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.
The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.
Questions about the KYW plate number
What does the KYW plate number mean?
KYW is the registration code of Kiyawa Local Government Area in Jigawa. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.
Which state is a KYW plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Kiyawa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to KYW in Jigawa
Codes either side of KYW in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole KYW plate, not just the code?
The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.