SBA Plate Number Meaning: Sabuwa, Katsina
The SBA plate number is registered in Sabuwa Local Government Area, Katsina. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
SBA marks Sabuwa. About 136,050 people were counted there in 2006 across 642 km², some 212 to the square kilometre. Reading the three letters places a plate geographically, and that is the whole of what they can honestly do. A directory resolves them; nothing on a plate resolves to a person.
SBA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the SBA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA-123AA | PEUGEOT 406 | BLACK |
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 SBA
- Local Government Area
- Sabuwa
- State
- Katsina
- Population
- 136,050 (2006)
- Area
- 642 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 SBA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SBA places the paperwork in Sabuwa. 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 SBA plate away from Katsina 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 SBA plate number
What does the SBA plate number mean?
SBA is the registration code of Sabuwa Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 SBA plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Sabuwa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to SBA in Katsina
Codes either side of SBA in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole SBA 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.