MSW Plate Number Meaning: Musawa, Katsina
The MSW plate number is registered in Musawa 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.
MSW belongs to Musawa, seat at Musawa town. About 171,714 people were recorded there in 2006 across 849 km², some 202 to the square kilometre. A code names a local government area and says nothing about make, age or condition.
MSW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MSW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSW-305AA | KIA KIA YD CERATO | BLUE | |
| MSW-419AA | MERCEDES-BENZ BENZ | CUSTOM | |
| MSW-111AA | PEUGEOT 406 | ASH |
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 MSW
- Local Government Area
- Musawa
- State
- Katsina
- Headquarters
- Musawa
- Population
- 171,714 (2006)
- Area
- 849 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 MSW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MSW places the paperwork in Musawa. 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 MSW 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 MSW plate number
What does the MSW plate number mean?
MSW is the registration code of Musawa 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 MSW plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Musawa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MSW in Katsina
Codes either side of MSW in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole MSW 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.