Plate code

TSG Plate Number Meaning: Itas/Gadau, Bauchi

The TSG plate number is registered in Itas/Gadau Local Government Area, Bauchi. 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 TSG code — Itas/Gadau, Bauchi
A plate issued in Itas/Gadau carries the TSG code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Itas/Gadau, administered from Itas, uses TSG. The 2006 census counted 229,996 residents over 1,398 km², roughly 165 for every square kilometre. Where a district's name is written two ways, the code remains the part that does not vary. The rest of the plate is a serial that belongs to the individual vehicle.

TSG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the TSG 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
TSG-128AA VOLKSWAGEN MARROUN
TSG-174AA Galaxy Ford Custom
TSG-236AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
TSG-111AA MERCEDES-BENZ M/BENZ CUSTOM
TSG-222AA MERCEDES-BENZ C240 ASH
TSG-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 TSG

Local Government Area
Itas/Gadau
State
Bauchi
Headquarters
Itas
Population
229,996 (2006)
Area
1,398 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 TSG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TSG places the paperwork in Itas/Gadau. 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 TSG plate away from Bauchi 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 TSG plate number

What does the TSG plate number mean?

TSG is the registration code of Itas/Gadau Local Government Area in Bauchi. 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 TSG plate number from?

Bauchi. The code identifies the local government area — Itas/Gadau — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to TSG in Bauchi

Codes either side of TSG in the Bauchi directory.

All Bauchi plate number codes

Have a whole TSG 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.