Plate code

RMG Plate Number Meaning: Rimin-Gado, Kano

The RMG plate number is registered in Rimin-Gado 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 RMG code — Rimin-Gado, Kano
A plate issued in Rimin-Gado carries the RMG code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

RMG is the Rimin Gado code, seat at Rimin Gado town. Around 104,790 people lived over its 225 km² in 2006, about 466 for every square kilometre. Allocation follows local government areas rather than population, however small the district. They are read left to right, ahead of the digits.

RMG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the RMG 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
RMG-174AA KIA PICCANTO ASH
RMG-419AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
RMG-507AA MERCEDES ML 350 BLACK
RMG-111AA TOYOTA corolla 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 RMG

Local Government Area
Rimin-Gado
State
Kano
Headquarters
Rimin Gado
Population
104,790 (2006)
Area
225 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 RMG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so RMG places the paperwork in Rimin-Gado. 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 RMG 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 RMG plate number

What does the RMG plate number mean?

RMG is the registration code of Rimin-Gado 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 RMG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to RMG in Kano

Codes either side of RMG in the Kano directory.

All Kano plate number codes

Have a whole RMG 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.