Plate code

TWD Plate Number Meaning: Tudun-Wada, Kano

The TWD plate number is registered in Tudun-Wada Local Government Area, Kano. 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 TWD code — Tudun-Wada, Kano
A plate issued in Tudun-Wada carries the TWD code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

TWD marks Tudun Wada, seat at Tudun Wada town, with 376,100 residents recorded in 2006. The letters are fixed when a vehicle is first papered and follow it afterwards, so a plate checked years later still points back to the district that issued it.

TWD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the TWD 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
TWD-507AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
TWD-741AA PONTIAC VIBE SILVER
TWD-853AA HONDA ACCORD GOLD
TWD-111AA HONDA LEGEND DARK BROWN

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 TWD

Local Government Area
Tudun-Wada
State
Kano
Headquarters
Tudun Wada
Population
376,100 (2006)

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the TWD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so TWD places the paperwork in Tudun-Wada. 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 TWD plate away from Kano 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 TWD plate number

What does the TWD plate number mean?

TWD is the registration code of Tudun-Wada Local Government Area in Kano. 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 TWD plate number from?

Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Tudun-Wada — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to TWD in Kano

Codes either side of TWD in the Kano directory.

All Kano plate number codes

Have a whole TWD 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.