Plate code

MGR Plate Number Meaning: Maigatari, Jigawa

The MGR plate number is registered in Maigatari 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.

Nigerian number plate with the MGR code — Maigatari, Jigawa
A plate issued in Maigatari carries the MGR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

MGR is issued in Maigatari, whose seat is at Mai Gatari. The 2006 census recorded 179,715 residents over 870 km², near 207 for every square kilometre. Neighbouring towns inside the district all register under these same three letters. An old plate and a new one decode the same way here.

MGR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MGR 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
MGR-174AA TOYOTA SALON Custom
MGR-236AA TOYOTA LAND CRUISER Custom
MGR-305AA MERCEDES-BENZ SALON CUSTOM
MGR-111AA 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 MGR

Local Government Area
Maigatari
State
Jigawa
Headquarters
Mai Gatari
Population
179,715 (2006)
Area
870 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 MGR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MGR places the paperwork in Maigatari. 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 MGR 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 MGR plate number

What does the MGR plate number mean?

MGR is the registration code of Maigatari 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 MGR plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MGR in Jigawa

Codes either side of MGR in the Jigawa directory.

All Jigawa plate number codes

Have a whole MGR 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.