WAS Plate Number Meaning: Wase, Plateau
The WAS plate number is registered in Wase Local Government Area, Plateau. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
WAS belongs to Wase, administered from Wase town. At 4,306 km² it is the largest by area of the Plateau districts, with 161,714 residents at the 2006 census — about 38 people to the square kilometre. Size makes no difference to the code it carries.
WAS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the WAS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAS-128AA | Toyota Matrix | Red | |
| WAS-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | GRAY | |
| WAS-305AA | VOLKSWAGEN VENTO | ASH | |
| WAS-419AA | BMW COUPE | BLACK | |
| WAS-507AA | HONDA ACCORD | GOLD | |
| WAS-628AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | BLACK | |
| WAS-741AA | MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS | ASH | |
| WAS-111AA | MERCEDEZ BENZ C300 | BLACK | |
| WAS-222AA | HONDA ACCORD | BLACK |
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 WAS
- Local Government Area
- Wase
- State
- Plateau
- Headquarters
- Wase
- Population
- 161,714 (2006)
- Area
- 4,306 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 WAS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so WAS places the paperwork in Wase. 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 WAS plate away from Plateau 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 WAS plate number
What does the WAS plate number mean?
WAS is the registration code of Wase Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 WAS plate number from?
Plateau. The code identifies the local government area — Wase — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to WAS in Plateau
Codes either side of WAS in the Plateau directory.
Have a whole WAS 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.