Plate code

MAK Plate Number Meaning: Bosso, Niger

The MAK plate number is registered in Bosso Local Government Area, Niger. 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 MAK code — Bosso, Niger
A plate issued in Bosso carries the MAK code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Bosso registers as MAK, across a district of 1,592 km². Nigerian codes are allocated to local government areas permanently and are not recycled between them, which is what allows a three-letter lookup to give the same answer for a plate made fifteen years ago as for one made this week.

MAK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MAK 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
MAK-419AA Civic Custom
MAK-507AA PICNIC Custom
MAK-111AA Pgt 406 Custom
MAK-222AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM

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 MAK

Local Government Area
Bosso
State
Niger
Headquarters
Maikunkele
Area
1,592 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 MAK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MAK places the paperwork in Bosso. 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 MAK plate away from Niger 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 MAK plate number

What does the MAK plate number mean?

MAK is the registration code of Bosso Local Government Area in Niger. 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 MAK plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MAK in Niger

Codes either side of MAK in the Niger directory.

All Niger plate number codes

Have a whole MAK 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.