PKN Plate Number Meaning: Pankshin, Plateau
The PKN plate number is registered in Pankshin Local Government Area, Plateau. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Pankshin, administered from Pankshin town, uses PKN. The 2006 census recorded 191,685 residents over 1,524 km², near 126 for every square kilometre. A code identifies where a registration was opened; the chassis number identifies the car it was opened for.
PKN Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the PKN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PKN-128AA | VOLKSWAGEN VENTO | ASH | |
| PKN-419AA | HONDA ACCORD | GREEN | |
| PKN-507AA | TOYOTA CARINA II | RED | |
| PKN-222AA | PEUGEOT 406 | ASH | |
| PKN-999AA | PEUGEOT 406 | BLUE | |
| PKN-987AA | HONDA CRV | SKY BLUE |
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 PKN
- Local Government Area
- Pankshin
- State
- Plateau
- Headquarters
- Pankshin
- Population
- 191,685 (2006)
- Area
- 1,524 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 PKN Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so PKN places the paperwork in Pankshin. 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 PKN plate away from Plateau 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 PKN plate number
What does the PKN plate number mean?
PKN is the registration code of Pankshin Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 PKN plate number from?
Plateau. The code identifies the local government area — Pankshin — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to PKN in Plateau
Codes either side of PKN in the Plateau directory.
Have a whole PKN 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.