TBW Plate Number Meaning: Tambawal, Sokoto
The TBW plate number is registered in Tambawal Local Government Area, Sokoto. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
TBW belongs to Tambuwal. About 224,931 people were counted there in 2006 across 1,717 km², some 131 to the square kilometre. Codes are not batches or years of issue, so an old plate decodes to the same district as a new one.
TBW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the TBW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBW-128AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| TBW-174AA | Toyota Avensis | Custom | |
| TBW-236AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| TBW-305AA | Honda Accord | Custom | |
| TBW-507AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| TBW-123AA | Honda Accord | 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 TBW
- Local Government Area
- Tambawal
- State
- Sokoto
- Population
- 224,931 (2006)
- Area
- 1,717 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 TBW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TBW places the paperwork in Tambawal. 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 TBW plate away from Sokoto 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 TBW plate number
What does the TBW plate number mean?
TBW is the registration code of Tambawal Local Government Area in Sokoto. 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 TBW plate number from?
Sokoto. The code identifies the local government area — Tambawal — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to TBW in Sokoto
Codes either side of TBW in the Sokoto directory.
Have a whole TBW 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.