TAR Plate Number Meaning: Taura, Jigawa
The TAR plate number is registered in Taura Local Government Area, Jigawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Taura, administered from Taura town, registers as TAR. About 131,757 people were counted across its 653 km² in 2006, some 202 for every square kilometre. A code is issued with the papers and read back, later, to the same local government area.
TAR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the TAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAR-128AA | HONDA CIVIC | CUSTOM | |
| TAR-174AA | OPEL VECTRA | CUSTOM | |
| TAR-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| TAR-305AA | PEUGEOT 406 | CUSTOM | |
| TAR-123AA | HONDA CIVIC | 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 TAR
- Local Government Area
- Taura
- State
- Jigawa
- Headquarters
- Taura
- Population
- 131,757 (2006)
- Area
- 653 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 TAR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TAR places the paperwork in Taura. 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 TAR plate away from Jigawa 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 TAR plate number
What does the TAR plate number mean?
TAR is the registration code of Taura Local Government Area in Jigawa. 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 TAR plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Taura — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to TAR in Jigawa
Codes either side of TAR in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole TAR 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.