Plate code

NKW Plate Number Meaning: Enugu-East, Enugu

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

NKW belongs to Enugu East. The 2006 census put 279,089 people on 383 km², some 729 to the square kilometre. Two vehicles registered in the district on the same morning carry these same three letters and differ in the serial that follows them.

NKW Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NKW 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
NKW-236AA NISSAN SENTRA 2000 CUSTOM
NKW-305AA Highlander Custom
NKW-628AA SUZUKI CUSTOM
NKW-741AA DAIHATSU HIJET ASH
NKW-853AA TOYOTA CAMRY CUSTOM
NKW-956AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM
NKW-222AA S40 Custom
NKW-999AA TOYOTA COROLLA 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 NKW

Local Government Area
Enugu-East
State
Enugu
Headquarters
Nkwo Nike
Population
279,089 (2006)
Area
383 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 NKW Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NKW places the paperwork in Enugu-East. 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 NKW plate away from Enugu 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 NKW plate number

What does the NKW plate number mean?

NKW is the registration code of Enugu-East Local Government Area in Enugu. 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 NKW plate number from?

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

Codes Next to NKW in Enugu

Codes either side of NKW in the Enugu directory.

All Enugu plate number codes

Have a whole NKW 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.