Plate code

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.

Nigerian number plate with the NSH code — Onitsha-North, Anambra
A plate issued in Onitsha-North carries the NSH code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

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

14 Plates checked
Nissan Most common make — 4 of 14 records
Ash Most common colour — 3 of 11 records

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.

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.