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.
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.
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.