MKR Plate Number Meaning: Makarfi, Kaduna
The MKR plate number is registered in Makarfi 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.
MKR is issued in Makarfi. The 2006 census recorded 146,259 residents across 541 km², about 270 to the square kilometre. The code is set with the registration and stays on the plate until the vehicle is registered somewhere else. Placing a registration is all a code was ever meant to do.
MKR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MKR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKR-128AA | V/WAGEN GOLF | Custom | |
| MKR-174AA | V/WAGEN SALOON | Custom | |
| MKR-236AA | NISSAN FRONTIER | CUSTOM | |
| MKR-305AA | RENAULT LOGAN | BLACK | |
| MKR-419AA | M/BENZ M/BENZ 230 | custom | |
| MKR-628AA | VOLKSWAGEN V/WAGEN S/WAGON | CUSTOM | |
| MKR-222AA | PONTIAC VIBE | custom | |
| MKR-999AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER JEEP | OTHERS | |
| MKR-123AA | TOYOTA STATION WAGON | CUSTOM | |
| MKR-987AA | PEUGEOT 307 | 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.
What MKR Plates Look Like
Counted from the 10 MKR plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind MKR
- Local Government Area
- Makarfi
- State
- Kaduna
- Headquarters
- Makarfi
- Population
- 146,259 (2006)
- Area
- 541 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 MKR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MKR places the paperwork in Makarfi. 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 MKR 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 MKR plate number
What does the MKR plate number mean?
MKR is the registration code of Makarfi 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 MKR plate number from?
Kaduna. The code identifies the local government area — Makarfi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MKR in Kaduna
Codes either side of MKR in the Kaduna directory.
Have a whole MKR 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.