MSH Plate Number Meaning: Mashi, Katsina
The MSH plate number is registered in Mashi 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.
Mashi, administered from Mashi town, registers as MSH. The 2006 census put 173,134 residents on 905 km², roughly 191 for every square kilometre. The letters place the registration; everything about the car itself is a matter for its VIN. Everything else about the car comes from its chassis number.
MSH Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MSH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSH-128AA | PEUGEOT 407 | 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 MSH
- Local Government Area
- Mashi
- State
- Katsina
- Headquarters
- Mashi
- Population
- 173,134 (2006)
- Area
- 905 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 MSH Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MSH places the paperwork in Mashi. 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 MSH 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 MSH plate number
What does the MSH plate number mean?
MSH is the registration code of Mashi 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 MSH plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Mashi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MSH in Katsina
Codes either side of MSH in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole MSH 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.