Plate code

NSR Plate Number Meaning: Nassarawa, Kano

The NSR plate number is registered in Nassarawa Local Government Area, Kano. 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 NSR code — Nassarawa, Kano
A plate issued in Nassarawa carries the NSR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

NSR belongs to Nassarawa, whose seat is at Bompai. About 596,669 people were counted there in 2006 within 34 km², some 17,549 for every square kilometre. The code is fixed at registration and travels with the vehicle, not with the driver.

NSR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NSR 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
NSR-853AA Honda Accord Custom
NSR-222AA TOYOTA SIENNA SILVER

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 NSR

Local Government Area
Nassarawa
State
Kano
Headquarters
Bompai
Population
596,669 (2006)
Area
34 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 NSR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NSR places the paperwork in Nassarawa. 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 NSR plate away from Kano 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 NSR plate number

What does the NSR plate number mean?

NSR is the registration code of Nassarawa Local Government Area in Kano. 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 NSR plate number from?

Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Nassarawa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to NSR in Kano

Codes either side of NSR in the Kano directory.

All Kano plate number codes

Have a whole NSR 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.