TSF Plate Number Meaning: Tsafe, Zamfara
The TSF plate number is registered in Tsafe Local Government Area, Zamfara. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
TSF belongs to Tsafe, recorded in older lists as Chafe. Around 266,008 residents were counted there in 2006 across 1,698 km², about 157 to the square kilometre. Renaming a district does not renumber the plates already registered in it. Everything else about the car comes from its chassis number.
TSF Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the TSF 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSF-305AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 3 | RED | |
| TSF-123AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | 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 TSF
- Local Government Area
- Tsafe
- State
- Zamfara
- Headquarters
- Chafe
- Population
- 266,008 (2006)
- Area
- 1,698 km²
- Also spelled
- Chafe
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the TSF Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TSF places the paperwork in Tsafe. 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 TSF plate away from Zamfara 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 TSF plate number
What does the TSF plate number mean?
TSF is the registration code of Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara. 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 TSF plate number from?
Zamfara. The code identifies the local government area — Tsafe — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to TSF in Zamfara
Codes either side of TSF in the Zamfara directory.
Have a whole TSF 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.