NWA Plate Number Meaning: Mbaitoli, Imo
The NWA plate number is registered in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
NWA belongs to Mbaitoli, whose council sits at Nwaorieubi. The 2006 census recorded 237,555 residents over 204 km², near 1,164 for every square kilometre. A code identifies the district where a registration was opened and keeps doing so for that registration's life.
NWA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the NWA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWA-128AA | Peugeot 504 | Custom | |
| NWA-174AA | Ford Escape 2005 | Custom | |
| NWA-236AA | M/Benz 300 V/Boot S/Car | Custom | |
| NWA-305AA | Peugeot Car | Custom | |
| NWA-419AA | V/Golf Car | Custom | |
| NWA-507AA | Nissan Pathfinder Jeep | Black | |
| NWA-741AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 190 | CUSTOM | |
| NWA-111AA | Nissan Murano | Black | |
| NWA-222AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| NWA-123AA | Toyota Camry Saloon | Custom |
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 NWA
- Local Government Area
- Mbaitoli
- State
- Imo
- Headquarters
- Nwaorieubi
- Population
- 237,555 (2006)
- Area
- 204 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 NWA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NWA places the paperwork in Mbaitoli. 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 NWA plate away from Imo 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 NWA plate number
What does the NWA plate number mean?
NWA is the registration code of Mbaitoli Local Government Area in Imo. 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 NWA plate number from?
Imo. The code identifies the local government area — Mbaitoli — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to NWA in Imo
Codes either side of NWA in the Imo directory.
Have a whole NWA 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.