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.
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.
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.