MDW Plate Number Meaning: Mai-Adua, Katsina
The MDW plate number is registered in Mai-Adua Local Government Area, Katsina. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Mai'Adua, seat at Mai'aduwa, uses MDW. The 2006 census recorded 201,178 residents over 528 km², about 381 for every square kilometre. Codes belong to districts, so thousands of unrelated cars carry these same three letters. That is the whole of what three letters can honestly tell you.
MDW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MDW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDW-128AA | HONDA CRV | BLACK | |
| MDW-174AA | HONDA CIVIC | ASH | |
| MDW-222AA | 406 | BLUE |
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 MDW
- Local Government Area
- Mai-Adua
- State
- Katsina
- Headquarters
- Mai'aduwa
- Population
- 201,178 (2006)
- Area
- 528 km²
- Also spelled
- Mai'aduwa
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the MDW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MDW places the paperwork in Mai-Adua. 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 MDW plate away from Katsina 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 MDW plate number
What does the MDW plate number mean?
MDW is the registration code of Mai-Adua Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 MDW plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Mai-Adua — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MDW in Katsina
Codes either side of MDW in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole MDW 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.