“Centre Of Commerce” : Codes On Kano State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“Centre Of Commerce” : What the alphanumeric codes on Kano State License Plates stands for. 

The unique number plate combination used by Private and Commercial vehicles is in the format ABC-123DE. 

The first three letters (ABC) indicates the Local Government Area (LGA) where the vehicle is registered.

Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Kano State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Centre Of Commerce”, displayed at the top centre of the plate.

Like any other plates issued across the country, the unique plate combination is in the format ABC-123DE, with each of the first three letters (ABC) indicating the Local Government Areas (LGA) in Kano or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

The following are the first three letters on Kano State plate numbers and the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered.

AJINGI – AJG

ALBASU – ABS

BAGWA – BGW

BEBEJI – BBJ

BICHI – BCH

BUNKURE – BNK

DALA – DAL

DANBATTA – DBT

DAWAKIN-KUDU – DKD

DAWAKIN-TOFA – DTF

DOGUWA – DGW

FAGGE – FGE

GABASAWA – DSW

GARKO – GAK

GARUN-MALLAM – GNM

GAYA – GYA

GEZAWA – GZW

GWALE – GWL

GWARZO – GRZ

KANO-MUNICIPAL – KMC

KARAYE – KRY

KIBIYA – KBY

KIRU – KKU

KUMBOTSO – KBT

KUNCHI – KNC

KURA – KUR

MADOBI – MDB

MAKODA – MKK

MINJIBIR – MJB

NASSARAWA – NSR

RANO – RAN

ABC-123DE

In addition to the first three letters, which indicates the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered, the next three digits on the number plates are numbers while the last two letters are used for numbering.

Like other plates issued across the Nation, license plates generally have white background while the color of the numbers varies by vehicle type. Numbers is imprinted in blue for Private vehicles while Commercial vehicles like Danfo buses use red.

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