NGW Plate Number Meaning: Ingawa, Katsina
The NGW plate number is registered in Ingawa 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.
NGW is issued in Ingawa, run from Ingawa town. Around 169,753 people lived across its 892 km² in 2006, near 190 for every square kilometre. The letters are the district of registration and are not affected by where the car is driven later.
NGW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the NGW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGW-128AA | PEUGEOT 406 | CUSTOM | |
| NGW-236AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | 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.
The District Behind NGW
- Local Government Area
- Ingawa
- State
- Katsina
- Headquarters
- Ingawa
- Population
- 169,753 (2006)
- Area
- 892 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 NGW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NGW places the paperwork in Ingawa. 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 NGW 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 NGW plate number
What does the NGW plate number mean?
NGW is the registration code of Ingawa 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 NGW plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Ingawa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to NGW in Katsina
Codes either side of NGW in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole NGW 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.