Plate code

LFA Plate Number Meaning: Lafia, Nasarawa

The LFA plate number is registered in Lafia Local Government Area, Nasarawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the LFA code — Lafia, Nasarawa
A plate issued in Lafia carries the LFA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Lafia, run from Lafia town, uses LFA. About 509,300 residents (2022) live across 2,827 km², roughly 180 to the square kilometre. Its plates turn up far beyond the state, because a code follows the car and not the address of whoever buys it.

LFA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the LFA 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
LFA-174AA TOYOTA CAMRY SALOON GREEN
LFA-305AA MERCEDES BENZ 1997 ASH
LFA-628AA TOYOTA SIENNA GREEN
LFA-741AA AUDI 1990 ASH
LFA-853AA TOYOTA RAV4 GOLD
LFA-222AA OPEL ZAFIRA ASH
LFA-999AA TOYOTA CARINA E BLUE
LFA-123AA OPEL ZAFIRA GREEN
LFA-987AA Toyota Hiace White

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 LFA

Local Government Area
Lafia
State
Nasarawa
Headquarters
Lafia
Population
509,300 (2022)
Area
2,827 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the LFA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LFA places the paperwork in Lafia. 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 LFA plate away from Nasarawa 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 LFA plate number

What does the LFA plate number mean?

LFA is the registration code of Lafia Local Government Area in Nasarawa. 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 LFA plate number from?

Nasarawa. The code identifies the local government area — Lafia — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to LFA in Nasarawa

Codes either side of LFA in the Nasarawa directory.

All Nasarawa plate number codes

Have a whole LFA 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.