NSH Plate Number Meaning: Onitsha-North, Anambra
The NSH plate number is registered in Onitsha-North Local Government Area, Anambra. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
NSH marks Onitsha North, administered from Onitsha. Around 179,400 residents (2022) live in 28.65 km², roughly 6,262 to the square kilometre. The code is part of a registration record, which is why it can still be read back years later.
NSH Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the NSH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSH-128AA | Volkswagen Golf S/Car | Ash | |
| NSH-174AA | Audi 80 Car | Blue | |
| NSH-236AA | Nissan Pathfinder Jeep | Ash | |
| NSH-305AA | Mitsbushi L300 Bus | Custom | |
| NSH-419AA | Toyota Camry Sal Car | Brown | |
| NSH-507AA | Honda Accord Car | Black | |
| NSH-628AA | Toyota Camry Sal Car | Ash | |
| NSH-741AA | Mits Pajero | Custom | |
| NSH-853AA | Nissan Sunny Sal.Car | Red | |
| NSH-956AA | V/Wagen Golf | Custom | |
| NSH-222AA | PATHFINDER | GREY | |
| NSH-999AA | Nissan Primera Sal Car | Red |
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 NSH Plates Look Like
Counted from the 14 NSH 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 NSH
- Local Government Area
- Onitsha-North
- State
- Anambra
- Headquarters
- Onitsha
- Population
- 179,400 (2022)
- Area
- 28.65 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 NSH Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NSH places the paperwork in Onitsha-North. 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 NSH plate away from Anambra 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 NSH plate number
What does the NSH plate number mean?
NSH is the registration code of Onitsha-North Local Government Area in Anambra. 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 NSH plate number from?
Anambra. The code identifies the local government area — Onitsha-North — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to NSH in Anambra
Codes either side of NSH in the Anambra directory.
Have a whole NSH 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.