ZAR Plate Number Meaning: Zaria, Kaduna
The ZAR plate number is registered in Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
ZAR belongs to Zaria, run from Zaria town. Its population was around 766,007 in 2023, across 563 km² — roughly 1,361 people to the square kilometre. The letters are a registration fact, checkable long after the sale that changed everything else about the car.
ZAR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the ZAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZAR-128AA | HONDA CIVIC | ASH | |
| ZAR-305AA | Honda Accord Saloon | Custom | |
| ZAR-419AA | MITSUBISHI SALON | CUSTOM | |
| ZAR-507AA | TOYOTA SALOON | Custom | |
| ZAR-741AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| ZAR-853AA | NISSAN INFINITY | ASH | |
| ZAR-956AA | FORD ECONOLINE | WHITE | |
| ZAR-111AA | TOYOTA 2009 | BLUE | |
| ZAR-999AA | VOLKSWAGEN volkswagen - golf | CUSTOM | |
| ZAR-123AA | Renault Traffic Bus | White | |
| ZAR-987AA | HONDA | 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.
What ZAR Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 ZAR plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind ZAR
- Local Government Area
- Zaria
- State
- Kaduna
- Headquarters
- Zaria
- Population
- 766,007 (2023)
- Area
- 563 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 ZAR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so ZAR places the paperwork in Zaria. 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 ZAR plate away from Kaduna 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 ZAR plate number
What does the ZAR plate number mean?
ZAR is the registration code of Zaria Local Government Area in Kaduna. 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 ZAR plate number from?
Kaduna. The code identifies the local government area — Zaria — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to ZAR in Kaduna
Codes either side of ZAR in the Kaduna directory.
Have a whole ZAR 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.