Plate code

MKA Plate Number Meaning: Kaduna-South, Kaduna

The MKA plate number is registered in Kaduna-South Local Government Area, Kaduna. 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 MKA code — Kaduna-South, Kaduna
A plate issued in Kaduna-South carries the MKA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Kaduna South, administered from Makera, registers as MKA. About 402,731 people were counted there in 2006 within 46.20 km² — some 8,717 for every square kilometre, city density inside a district code. Its letters are allocated on the same terms as the emptiest district in the state.

MKA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MKA 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
MKA-174AA MERCEDES-BENZ 200 CUSTOM
MKA-305AA RENAULT LOGAN BLACK
MKA-507AA m/Benz C220 s/Car Custom
MKA-741AA TOYOTA SPACEWAGON ASH
MKA-853AA PONTIAC VIBE CUSTOM
MKA-222AA HONDA ACCORD RED
MKA-999AA Peugeot Ash
MKA-987AA HONDA ACCORD 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 MKA

Local Government Area
Kaduna-South
State
Kaduna
Headquarters
Makera
Population
402,731 (2006)
Area
46.2 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 MKA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MKA places the paperwork in Kaduna-South. 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 MKA plate away from Kaduna 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 MKA plate number

What does the MKA plate number mean?

MKA is the registration code of Kaduna-South Local Government Area in Kaduna. 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 MKA plate number from?

Kaduna. The code identifies the local government area — Kaduna-South — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to MKA in Kaduna

Codes either side of MKA in the Kaduna directory.

All Kaduna plate number codes

Have a whole MKA 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.