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<p>A <b>postal code</b> (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a <b>postcode</b>, <b>post code</b>, <b>PIN</b> or <b>ZIP Code</b>) is a series of letters or <a href="Numerical_digit" title="Numerical digit">digits</a> or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a <a href="Postal_address" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal address">postal address</a> for the purpose of sorting <a href="Mail" title="Mail">mail</a>.

</p><p>As of August 2021, the <a href="Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> lists 160 countries which require the use of a postal code.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, special codes are sometimes assigned to individual addresses or to institutions that receive large volumes of mail, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French <a href="Cedex_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedex (France)">CEDEX</a> system.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terms">Terms</h2></div>

<p>There are a number of synonyms for postal code; some are country-specific:

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<ul><li><b><a href="Codice_di_Avviamento_Postale" class="mw-redirect" title="Codice di Avviamento Postale">CAP</a></b>: The standard term in Italy; CAP is an acronym for <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">codice di avviamento postale</i></span> ('postal expedition code').</li>

<li><b><a href="C%C3%B3digo_de_Endere%C3%A7amento_Postal" title="Código de Endereçamento Postal">CEP</a></b>: The standard term in Brazil; CEP is an acronym for <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">código de endereçamento postal</i></span> ('postal addressing code').</li>

<li><b><a href="Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircode</a></b>: The standard term in Ireland.</li>

<li><b><a href="Postal_codes_in_Switzerland_and_Liechtenstein" title="Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein">NPA</a></b> in <a href="French-speaking_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="French-speaking Switzerland">French-speaking Switzerland</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">numéro postal d'acheminement</i></span>) and <a href="Ticino" title="Ticino">Italian-speaking Switzerland</a> (<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">numero postale di avviamento</i></span>).</li>

<li><b><a href="Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></b>: The standard term in India; PIN is an acronym for Postal Index Number. Sometimes called a PIN code.</li>

<li><b>PLZ</b>: The standard term in Germany, Austria, <a href="German-speaking_Switzerland" title="German-speaking Switzerland">German-speaking Switzerland</a> and <a href="Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>; PLZ is an abbreviation of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Postleit‌zahl</i></span> ('postal routing number').</li>

<li><b><a href="Postal_codes_in_Canada" title="Postal codes in Canada">Postal code</a></b>: The general term is used in Canada.</li>

<li><b>Postcode</b>: This <a href="Compound_(linguistics)" title="Compound (linguistics)">solid compound</a> is popular in many English-speaking countries and is also the standard term in the Netherlands.</li>

<li><b>Postal index</b>: This term is used in Eastern European countries such as Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, etc.</li>

<li><b><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C5%A1tovn%C3%AD_sm%C4%9Brovac%C3%AD_%C4%8D%C3%ADslo" class="extiw external" title="cs:Poštovní směrovací číslo">PSČ</a></b>: The standard term in Slovakia and the Czech Republic; PSČ is an acronym for <span title="Slovak-language text"><i lang="sk">Poštové smerovacie číslo</i></span> (in Slovak) or <span title="Czech-language text"><i lang="cs">Poštovní směrovací číslo</i></span> (in Czech), both meaning postal routing number.</li>

<li><b><a href="ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a></b>: The standard term in the United States and the Philippines; ZIP is an <a href="Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a> for <i>Zone Improvement Plan</i>.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>The development of postal codes happened first in large cities. Postal codes began with postal district numbers (or postal zone numbers) within large cities. <a href="London" title="London">London</a> was first subdivided into 10 districts in 1857 (EC (East Central), WC (West Central), N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, and NW), four were created to cover <a href="Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> in 1864; and <a href="Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>/<a href="Salford" title="Salford">Salford</a> was split into eight numbered districts in 1867/68. By <a href="World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, such postal district or zone numbers also existed in various large European cities. They existed in the United States at least as early as the 1920s, possibly implemented at the local post office level only (for example, instances of "Boston 9, Mass" in 1920 are attested<sup id="cite_ref-1920_advert_Hill_Clarke_Co_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920_advert_Hill_Clarke_Co-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1920_advert_Lynd_Farquhar_Co_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920_advert_Lynd_Farquhar_Co-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) although they were evidently not used throughout all major US cities (implemented <a href="USPOD" class="mw-redirect" title="USPOD">USPOD</a>-wide) until <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.

</p><p>By 1930 or earlier, the idea of extending the postal district or zone numbering plans beyond large cities to cover even small towns and rural locales had started. These developed into postal codes as they are defined today. The name of US postal codes, "ZIP Codes", reflects this evolutionary growth from a zone plan to a zone improvement plan, "ZIP". Modern postal codes were first introduced in the <a href="Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic</a> in December 1932,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the system was abandoned in 1939. The next country to introduce postal codes was Germany in 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by Singapore in 1950,<sup id="cite_ref-Singapore_NLB_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singapore_NLB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Argentina in 1958, the United States in 1963<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Switzerland in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United Kingdom began introducing its current system in <a href="Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a> in 1959, but it was not used nationwide until 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presentation">Presentation</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Character_sets">Character sets</h3></div>

<p>The characters used in postal codes are:

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<ul><li>The <a href="Western_Arabic_numerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Arabic numerals">Western Arabic numerals</a> "0" to "9"</li>

<li>Letters of the <a href="ISO_basic_Latin_alphabet" title="ISO basic Latin alphabet">ISO basic Latin alphabet</a></li>

<li>Spaces, hyphens</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reserved_and_Excluded_characters">Reserved and Excluded characters</h4></div>

<p><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands" title="Postal codes in the Netherlands">Postal codes in the Netherlands</a> originally did not use the letters 'F', 'I', 'O', 'Q', 'U' and 'Y' for technical reasons. But as almost all existing combinations are now used, these letters were allowed for new locations starting 2005. The letter combinations "SS" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">Schutzstaffel</a></i></span>), "SD" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="Sicherheitsdienst" title="Sicherheitsdienst">Sicherheitsdienst</a></i></span>), and "SA" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="Sturmabteilung" title="Sturmabteilung">Sturmabteilung</a></i></span>) are not used, due to links with the <a href="Netherlands_in_World_War_II" title="Netherlands in World War II">Nazi occupation in World War II</a>.

</p><p><a href="Postal_codes_in_Canada" title="Postal codes in Canada">Postal codes in Canada</a> do not include the letters D, F, I, O, Q, or U, as the <a href="Optical_character_recognition" title="Optical character recognition">optical character recognition</a> (OCR) equipment used in automated sorting could easily confuse them with other letters and digits. The letters W and Z are used, but are not currently used as the first letter. The Canadian Postal Codes use alternate letters and numbers (with a space after the third character), formatted ANA NAN.<sup id="cite_ref-GreatData.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreatData.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In Ireland, the <a href="Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">eircode</a> system uses the following letters only: A, C, D, E, F, H, K, N, P, R, T, V, W, X, Y. This serves to avoid confusion in OCR, and to avoid accidental double-entendres by avoiding the creation of word lookalikes, as Eircode's last four characters are random.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alphanumeric_postal_codes">Alphanumeric postal codes</h4></div>

<p>Most of the postal code systems are numeric; only a few are alphanumeric (i.e., use both letters and digits). Alphanumeric systems can, given the same number of characters, encode many more locations. For example, while a two digit numeric code can represent 100 locations, a two character alphanumeric code using ten digits and twenty letters can represent 900 locations.

</p><p>The independent nations using alphanumeric postal code systems are:

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<ul><li><a href="Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> (<a href="Postal_codes_in_Argentina" title="Postal codes in Argentina">see table</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a> (<a href="Postal_codes_in_Brunei" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Brunei">see table</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> (<a href="Postal_codes_in_Canada" title="Postal codes in Canada">see table</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li>

<li><a href="Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> (<a href="Postal_addresses_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland">see table</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> (<a href="Postal_codes_in_Jamaica" title="Postal codes in Jamaica">see table</a>) (suspended in 2007<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li>

<li><a href="Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> (since 2015)</li>

<li><a href="Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> (<a href="Postal_codes_in_Malta" title="Postal codes in Malta">see table</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> (<a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands" title="Postal codes in the Netherlands">see table</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> (<a href="List_of_postal_codes_in_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="List of postal codes in Peru">see table</a>), the postal code format in Peru was updated in February 2011 to be of the format of five digits.</li>

<li><a href="Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></li>

<li><a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> (<a href="Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">see table</a>)</li></ul>

<p>Countries which prefix their postal codes with a fixed group of letters, indicating a country code, include <a href="Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a>, <a href="Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a>, <a href="Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> and <a href="Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Country_code_prefixes">Country code prefixes</h3></div>

<p><a href="ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> country codes were recommended by the <a href="European_Committee_for_Standardization" title="European Committee for Standardization">European Committee for Standardization</a> as well as the <a href="Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> to be used in conjunction with postal codes starting in 1994,<sup id="cite_ref-daCruz_ColumbiaUni_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daCruz_ColumbiaUni-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but they have not become widely used. <a href="Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a>, <a href="Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a>, <a href="Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, <a href="Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> and <a href="Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> use the <a href="ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> as a prefix in their postal codes.

</p><p>In some countries (such as in <a href="Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>, where a numeric postcode format of four or five digits is commonly used) the numeric postal code is sometimes prefixed with a <a href="Country_code" title="Country code">country code</a> when sending international mail to that country.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Placement_of_the_code">Placement of the code</h3></div>

<p>Postal services have their own formats and placement rules for postal codes. In most English-speaking countries, the postal code forms the last item of the address, following the city or town name, whereas in most continental European countries it precedes the name of the city or town. When it follows the city, it may be on the same line or on a new line.

</p><p>In <a href="Japanese_addressing_system" title="Japanese addressing system">Japan</a>, it is written at the start of the address when written in Japanese, but at the end when the address is written in the Latin alphabet.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_coverage">Geographic coverage</h2></div>

<p>Postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas. Sometimes codes are assigned to individual addresses or to institutions that receive large volumes of mail, e.g. government agencies or large commercial companies. One example is the French <a href="Cedex_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedex (France)">Cedex</a> system.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postal_zone_numbers">Postal zone numbers</h3></div>

<p>Before postal codes as described here were used, large cities were often divided into postal zones or postal districts, usually numbered from 1 upwards within each city. The newer postal code systems often incorporate the old zone numbers, as with <a href="London_postal_district" title="London postal district">London postal district</a> numbers, for example. Ireland still uses <a href="List_of_Dublin_postal_districts" title="List of Dublin postal districts">postal district numbers</a> in <a href="Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>. In New Zealand, <a href="Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, <a href="Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a> and <a href="Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a> were divided into postal zones, but these fell into disuse, and have now become redundant as a result of a new postcode system being introduced.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Codes_defined_along_administrative_borders">Codes defined along administrative borders</h3></div>

<p>Some postal code systems, like those of <a href="Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> and <a href="Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>, show an exact agreement with the hierarchy of <a href="Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative divisions</a>.

</p><p>Format of six digit numeric (eight digit alphanumeric) <a href="Postal_codes_in_Ecuador" title="Postal codes in Ecuador">postal codes in Ecuador</a>, introduced in December 2007: ECAABBCC

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<dl><dd>EC – <a href="ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> country code</dd>

<dd>AA – one of the 24 <a href="Provinces_of_Ecuador" title="Provinces of Ecuador">provinces of Ecuador</a></dd>

<dd>BB – one of the 226 <a href="Cantons_of_Ecuador" title="Cantons of Ecuador">cantons of Ecuador</a></dd>

<dd>CC – one of the <a href="Parishes_of_Ecuador" title="Parishes of Ecuador">parishes of Ecuador</a>.</dd></dl>

<p>Format of five digit numeric <a href="Postal_codes_in_Costa_Rica" title="Postal codes in Costa Rica">Postal codes in Costa Rica</a>, introduced in 2007: ABBCC

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<dl><dd>A – one of the seven <a href="Provinces_of_Costa_Rica" title="Provinces of Costa Rica">provinces of Costa Rica</a></dd>

<dd>BB – one of the 81 <a href="Cantons_of_Costa_Rica" title="Cantons of Costa Rica">cantons of Costa Rica</a></dd>

<dd>CC – one of the <a href="Districts_of_Costa_Rica" title="Districts of Costa Rica">districts of Costa Rica</a>.</dd></dl>

<p>In Costa Rica these codes were originally used as district identifiers by the <a href="National_Institute_of_Statistics_and_Census_of_Costa_Rica" title="National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica">National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica</a> and the <a href="Administrative_divisions_of_Costa_Rica" title="Administrative divisions of Costa Rica">Administrative Territorial Division</a>, and continue to be equivalent.<sup id="cite_ref-divadm_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-divadm-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dta2017_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dta2017-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The first two digits of the <a href="Postal_codes_in_Turkey" title="Postal codes in Turkey">postal codes in Turkey</a> correspond to the <a href="Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">provinces</a> and each province has assigned only one number. They are the same for them as in <a href="ISO_3166-2%3ATR" title="ISO 3166-2:TR">ISO 3166-2:TR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The first two digits of the <a href="Postal_codes_in_Vietnam" title="Postal codes in Vietnam">postal codes in Vietnam</a> indicate a <a href="Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">province</a>. Some provinces have one, other have several two digit numbers assigned. The numbers differ from the number used in <a href="ISO_3166-2%3AVN" title="ISO 3166-2:VN">ISO 3166-2:VN</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Codes_defined_close_to_administrative_boundaries">Codes defined close to administrative boundaries</h3></div>

<p>In France the numeric code for the departments is used as the first two digits of the postal code, except for the two departments in <a href="Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> that have codes 2A and 2B and use 20 as postal code. Furthermore, the codes are only the codes for the department in charge of delivery of the post, so it can be that a location in one department has a postal code starting with the number of a neighbouring department.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Codes_defined_indirectly_to_administrative_borders">Codes defined indirectly to administrative borders</h3></div>

<p>The first digit of the <a href="Postal_codes_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the United States">postal codes in the United States</a> comprises discrete states. From the first three digits one can infer the state, with a few exceptions where an area is served by a central office in an adjacent state.

</p><p>Similarly, in <a href="Canada_Post" title="Canada Post">Canada</a>, the first letter indicates the province or territory, although the provinces of <a href="Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> and <a href="Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> are divided into several lettered sub-regions (e.g. H for <a href="Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> and <a href="Laval%2C_Quebec" title="Laval, Quebec">Laval</a>), and the <a href="Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> and <a href="Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a> share the letter X.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Codes_defined_independently_from_administrative_areas">Codes defined independently from administrative areas</h3></div>

<p>The first two digits of the <a href="Postal_codes_in_Germany" title="Postal codes in Germany">postal codes in Germany</a> define areas independently of administrative regions. The coding space of the first digit is fully used (0–9); that of the first two combined is utilized to 89%, i.e. there are 89 postal zones defined. Zone 11 is non-geographic.

</p><p><a href="Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> designed the <a href="Postal_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the United Kingdom">postal codes in the United Kingdom</a> mostly for efficient distribution. Nevertheless, people associated codes with certain areas, leading to some people wanting or not wanting to have a certain code. See also <a href="Postcode_lottery" title="Postcode lottery">postcode lottery</a>.

</p><p>In Brazil the <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3digo_de_Endere%C3%A7amento_Postal" class="extiw external" title="pt:Código de Endereçamento Postal">8-digit postcodes</a> are an evolution of the five-digit area postal codes. In the 1990s the Brazilian five-digit postal code (illustrated), <code>DDDDD</code>, received a three-digit suffix <code>DDDDD-SSS</code>, but this suffix is not directly related to the administrative district hierarchy. The suffix was created only for logistic reasons.

</p>

<li class="gallerycaption">Brazilian eight-digit postal codes – A city block and its faces</li>

<div class="gallerytext"><a href="City_block" title="City block">City blocks</a> surrounded by streets, some streets with a different eight-digit postal code (suffixes 001 to 899)</div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext">Faces of a <a href="City_block" title="City block">city block</a> and their extension into its interior. Each color is an eight-digit postal code, usually assigned to a side (odd or even numbered) of a street.</div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext">Faces of a city block and their extension between city blocks. The same colors (polygons) indicate the same postal codes.</div>

</li>

</ul>

<p>The postal code assignment can be assigned to individual <a href="Land_lot" title="Land lot">land lots</a> in some special cases – in Brazil, they are named "large receivers" and receive suffixes 900–959. It is an error to associate the postal code with the whole land lot area (illustrated). A postal code is often related to a <a href="Land_lot" title="Land lot">land lot</a>, but postal codes are usually related to access points on streets. Small or middle-sized houses, in general, only have a single main gate, which is the delivery point. Parks, large businesses such as shopping centers and big houses, may have more than one entrance and more than one delivery point.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precision">Precision</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</h4></div>

<p>Czechoslovakia introduced Postal Routing Numbers (PSČ – poštovní směrovací čísla) in 1973. The code consists of 5 digits formatted into two groups: NNN NN. Originally, the first group marked a district transport centre, the second group represented the order of post offices on the collection route. In the first group, the first digit corresponds partly with the region, the second digit meant a collection transport node (sběrný přepravní uzel, SPU) and the third digit a "district transport node" (okresní přepravní uzel). However, processing was later centralized and mechanized while codes remained the same. After separation, Slovakia and the Czech Republic kept the system. Codes with an initial digit of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 are used in the Czech Republic, while codes with an initial digit of 8, 9, or 0 are used in Slovakia.

</p><p>A code corresponds to a local postal office. However, some larger companies or organizations have their own post codes. In 2004–2006, there were some efforts in Slovakia to reform the system, to get separate post codes for every district of single postmen, but the change was not realized.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">Postal Index Number</a></div>

<p>Postal codes are known as <a href="Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">Postal Index Numbers</a> (PINs; sometimes as PIN codes) in India. The PIN system was introduced on 15 August 1972 by India Post. India uses a unique six-digit code as a geographical number to identify locations in India. The format of the PIN is ZSDPPP defined as follows:

</p>

<dd>D – Sorting District</dd>

<dd>P – Service Route</dd>

<dd>PP – Post Office</dd></dl>

<p>The first digit represents nine total zones: eight regional and one functional.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ireland">Ireland</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Postal_addresses_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland">Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland</a></div>

<p>In Ireland, the new postal code system launched in 2015, known as <a href="Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircode</a> provides a unique 7-character alphanumerical code for each individual address. The first three digits are the routing key, which is a postal district and the last four characters are a unique identifier that relates to an individual address (business, house or apartment). A fully developed API is also available for integrating the Eircode database into business databases and logistics systems.

</p><p>With a single exception, these codes are in the format:

</p><p>ANN XXXX

</p><p>The single exception is the Dublin D6W postal district. It is the only routing key area in the country that takes the format ANA instead of ANN:

</p><p>D6W XXXX

</p><p>While it is not intended to replace addresses, in theory simply providing a seven-character Eircode would locate any Irish delivery address. For example, the Irish Parliament <a href="D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> is: D02 A272

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Netherlands">Netherlands</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands" title="Postal codes in the Netherlands">Postal codes in the Netherlands</a></div>

<p><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands" title="Postal codes in the Netherlands">Postal codes in the Netherlands</a>, known as postcodes, are alphanumeric, consisting of four digits followed by a space and two letters (NNNN AA). Adding the house number to the postcode will identify the address, making the street name and town name redundant. For example: 2597 GV 75 will direct a postal delivery to Theo Mann-Bouwmeesterlaan 75, <a href="'s-Gravenhage" class="mw-redirect" title="'s-Gravenhage">'s-Gravenhage</a> (the International School of The Hague).

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Singapore">Singapore</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Postal_codes_in_Singapore" title="Postal codes in Singapore">Postal codes in Singapore</a></div>

<p>Since 1 September 1995, every building in Singapore has been given <a href="Postal_codes_in_Singapore" title="Postal codes in Singapore">a unique, six-digit postal code</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Singapore_NLB_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singapore_NLB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcodes in the United Kingdom</a></div>

<p>For domestic properties, an individual postcode may cover up to 100 properties in contiguous proximity (e.g. a short section of a populous road, or a group of less populous neighbouring roads). The postcode together with the number or name of a property is not always unique, particularly in rural areas. For example, GL20 8NX/1 might refer to either 1 Frampton Cottages or 1 Frampton Farm Cottages, roughly a quarter of a mile (400 metres) apart.

</p><p>The structure is alphanumeric, with the following six valid formats, as defined by <a href="British_Standards" title="British Standards">BS</a> 7666:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<pre> AN NAA

ANA NAA

ANN NAA

AAN NAA

AANA NAA

AANN NAA

</pre>

<p>There are always two halves: the separation between outward and inward postcodes is indicated by one space.

</p><p>The outward postcode covers a unique area and has two parts which may in total be two, three or four characters in length. A postcode area of one or two letters, followed by one or two digits, followed in some parts of London by a letter.

</p><p>The outward postcode and the leading numeric of the inward postcode in combination forms a postal sector, and this usually corresponds to a couple of thousand properties.

</p><p>Larger businesses and isolated properties such as farms may have a unique postcode. Extremely large organisations such as larger government offices or bank headquarters may have multiple postcodes for different departments.

</p><p>There are 121 postcode areas in the UK, ranging widely in size from <a href="BT_postcode_area" title="BT postcode area">BT</a> which covers the whole of Northern Ireland to <a href="WC_postcode_area" title="WC postcode area">WC</a> for a small part of <a href="Central_London" title="Central London">Central London</a>. Postcode areas occasionally cross national boundaries, such as <a href="SY_postcode_area" title="SY postcode area">SY</a> which covers a large, predominantly rural area from <a href="Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a> and <a href="Ludlow" title="Ludlow">Ludlow</a> in <a href="Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>, England, through to the seaside town of <a href="Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a>, <a href="Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a> on <a href="Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>' west coast. There are a number of special purpose postcode areas that are "non-geographic" and which provide special routing instructions (such as parcel returns to online retailers). The three Crown dependencies and Gibraltar also use UK formatted postcodes. Some British Overseas Territories have adopted a single postcode for their territory that is very similar to the UK format.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a></div>

<p>In the United States, the basic <a href="ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> is composed of five digits. The first three digits identify a specific <a href="Sectional_center_facility" title="Sectional center facility">sectional center facility</a>—or central sorting facility—that serves a geographic region (typically a large part of a state). The next two digits identify a specific post office either serving an area of a city (if in an urban area or large suburban area) or an entire village, town, or small city and its surrounding area (if in a small suburban or rural area).

</p><p>There is an extended format of the ZIP Code known as the <a href="ZIP%2B4" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP+4">ZIP+4</a>, which contains the basic five-digit ZIP Code, followed by a hyphen and four additional digits. These digits identify a specific delivery route, such as one side of a building, a group of apartments, or several floors of a large office building. Although using the ZIP+4 offers higher accuracy, addressing redundancy, and sorting efficiency within the <a href="USPS" class="mw-redirect" title="USPS">USPS</a>, it is optional and not widely used by the general public. It is primarily only used by business mailers.

</p><p>For high volume business mailers using automated mailing machines, the USPS has promulgated the <a href="Intelligent_Mail_barcode" title="Intelligent Mail barcode">Intelligent Mail barcode</a> standard, which is a barcode containing the ZIP+4 code plus a two digit <a href="Delivery_point" title="Delivery point">delivery point</a>. This 11-digit number is theoretically a unique identifier for every address in the country.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="States_and_overseas_territories_sharing_a_postal_code_system">States and overseas territories sharing a postal code system</h3></div>

<p>French overseas departments and territories use the five-digit <a href="French_postal_code_system" class="mw-redirect" title="French postal code system">French postal code system</a>, each code starting with the three-digit department identifier. <a href="Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a> is also integrated in the French system and has no system of its own.

</p><p>The British <a href="Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> of <a href="Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a>, <a href="Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a> and the <a href="Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> are part of the UK postcode system. They use the schemes AAN NAA and AANN NAA, in which the first two letters are a unique code (GY, JE and IM respectively). Most of the Overseas Territories have UK-style postcodes, with a single postcode for each territory or dependency, although they are still treated as international destinations by Royal Mail in the UK, and charged at international rather than UK inland rates. The four other Overseas Territories <a href="Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a>, <a href="Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, <a href="British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> and <a href="Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> have their own separate systems and formats.

</p><p>The Pacific island states of <a href="Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a>, <a href="Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> and the <a href="Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a> remain part of the US <a href="ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a> system, despite having become independent states.

</p><p><a href="San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a> and the <a href="Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> are part of the <a href="Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> postcode system, while <a href="Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a> similarly uses the <a href="Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Swiss</a> system, as do the Italian exclave of <a href="Campione_d'Italia" title="Campione d'Italia">Campione d'Italia</a> and the German exclave of <a href="B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein" title="Büsingen am Hochrhein">Büsingen am Hochrhein</a>, although they also form part of their respective countries' postal code systems.

</p><p>The <a href="Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> and <a href="Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> still use the codes of the former <a href="Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, their ranges not overlapping. In 2004–2006, Slovakia prepared a reform of the system but the plan was postponed and may have been abandoned. In the Czech Republic, there was no significant effort to modify the system.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-geographic_codes">Non-geographic codes</h2></div>

<p>In the United Kingdom, the non-conforming postal code GIR 0AA was used for the <a href="National_Girobank" class="mw-redirect" title="National Girobank">National Girobank</a> until its closure in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A non-geographic series of postcodes, starting with BX, is used by some banks and government departments.

</p>

<dl><dd>HM Revenue and Customs – VAT Controller</dd>

<dd>VAT Central Unit</dd>

<p>The XX postcode is used for parcel returns. The BF postcode is used for British Forces Post Office (BFPO) addresses.

</p><p>A fictional address is also used by Royal Mail for letters to Santa Claus, more commonly known as Santa or Father Christmas:

</p>

<dl><dd>Santa's Grotto</dd>

<dd>Reindeerland XM4 5HQ<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>

<p>Previously, the postcode SAN TA1 was used.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In Finland, the special postal code 96930 is for <a href="Korvatunturi" title="Korvatunturi">Korvatunturi</a>, the place where Santa Claus (<span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Joulupukki</i></span> in <a href="Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>) is said to live, although mail is delivered to the <a href="Santa_Claus_Village" title="Santa Claus Village">Santa Claus Village</a> in <a href="Rovaniemi" title="Rovaniemi">Rovaniemi</a>. The special postal code 99999 was formerly used.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In Canada, the amount of mail sent to Santa Claus increased every <a href="Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>, up to the point that Canada Post decided to start an official Santa Claus letter-response program in 1983. Approximately one million letters come in to Santa Claus each Christmas, including from outside of Canada, and all of them are answered in the same languages in which they are written.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canada Post introduced a special address for mail to Santa Claus, complete with its <a href="H0H_0H0" class="mw-redirect" title="H0H 0H0">own postal code</a>:

</p>

<dl><dd>SANTA CLAUS</dd>

<dd>NORTH POLE  H0H 0H0</dd></dl>

<p>In Belgium <a href="Bpost" title="Bpost">bpost</a> sends a small present to children who have written a letter to <a href="Sinterklaas" title="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</a>. They can use the non-geographic postal code 0612, which refers to the date Sinterklaas is celebrated (6 December), although a fictional town, street and house number are also used. In Dutch, the address is

</p>

<dl><dd>Sinterklaas</dd>

<dd>Spanjestraat 1</dd>

<dd>0612 Hemel<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>

<p>This translates as "1 Spain Street, 0612 Heaven". In French, the street is called "Paradise Street":

</p>

<dl><dd>Saint-Nicolas</dd>

<dd>Rue du Paradis 1</dd>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formats">Formats</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="List_of_postal_codes" title="List of postal codes">List of postal codes</a></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-postal_uses">Non-postal uses</h2></div>

<p>While postal codes were introduced to expedite the delivery of mail, they can be used for:

</p>

<ul><li>Finding the nearest branch of an organisation to a given address. A computer program uses the postal codes of the target address and the branches to list the closest branches in order of distance. This can be used by companies to inform potential customers where to go, by <a href="Public_employment_service" title="Public employment service">job centres</a> to find jobs for job-seekers, to alert people of <a href="Town_planning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town planning">town planning</a> applications in their area, and for other applications.<sup id="cite_ref-planning_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-planning-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Fine-grained postal codes can be used with <a href="Satellite_navigation" title="Satellite navigation">satellite navigation</a> systems to navigate to an address by street number and postcode.</li>

<li>Geographical sales territories for representatives in the pharmaceutical industry are allocated based on a workload index that is based upon postcode.</li>

<li>Population data can be isolated, grouped and/or organized by postal code for statistical analysis.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Availability">Availability</h3></div>

<p>In some countries, the postal authorities charge for access to the code database. As of January 2010, the United Kingdom Government is consulting on whether to <a href="Postcode_Address_File#Costs_and_public_availability" title="Postcode Address File">waive licensing fees</a> for some geographical data sets (to be determined) related to UK postcodes.

</p>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_postal_codes" title="List of postal codes">List of postal codes</a></li>

<li>Category:Lists of postal codes</li>

<li><a href="Address_format_by_country_and_area" title="Address format by country and area">Address format by country and area</a></li>

<li><a href="Postcode_Address_File" title="Postcode Address File">Postcode Address File</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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</style><div id="Mail_and_postal_systems645" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Mail" title="Mail">Mail and postal systems</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Postal_history" title="Postal history">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_postal_history" title="Timeline of postal history">Timeline of postal history</a></li>

<li>African countries</li>

<li>Asian countries</li>

<li>European countries</li>

<li>Oceanian countries</li>

<li>Pan-American countries</li>

<li><a href="Postal_censorship" title="Postal censorship">Postal censorship</a></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Advertising_mail" title="Advertising mail">Advertising mail</a></li>

<li><a href="Envelope" title="Envelope">Envelope</a></li>

<li><a href="Indicia_(philately)" title="Indicia (philately)">Indicia</a></li>

<li><a href="Information-Based_Indicia" title="Information-Based Indicia">Information-Based Indicia</a></li>

<li><a href="Letter_box" title="Letter box">Letter box</a></li>

<li><a href="Meter_stamp" title="Meter stamp">Meter stamp</a></li>

<li><a href="Parcel_post" title="Parcel post">Parcel</a></li>

<li><a href="Parcel_locker" title="Parcel locker">Parcel locker</a></li>

<li><a href="Post_box" title="Post box">Post box / Mailbox</a></li>

<li><a href="Relay_box" title="Relay box">Relay box</a></li>

<li><a href="Post_office" title="Post office">Post office</a></li>

<li><a href="Post_office_box" title="Post office box">Post office box</a></li>

<li><a href="Postage_meter" title="Postage meter">Postage meter</a></li>

<li><a href="Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_marking" title="Postal marking">Postal marking</a></li>

<li><a href="Variable_value_stamp" title="Variable value stamp">Variable value stamp</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Delivery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Airmail" title="Airmail">Airmail</a></li>

<li><a href="Express_mail" title="Express mail">Express</a></li>

<li><a href="Package_delivery" title="Package delivery">Package delivery</a></li>

<li><a href="Registered_mail" title="Registered mail">Registered</a></li>

<li><a href="Surface_mail" title="Surface mail">Surface</a></li>

<li><a href="Surface_Air_Lifted" title="Surface Air Lifted">Surface Air Lifted (SAL)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Staff</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Mail_carrier" title="Mail carrier">Mail carrier</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_worker" title="Postal worker">Postal worker</a></li>

<li><a href="Postmaster" title="Postmaster">Postmaster</a></li>

<li><a href="Postmaster_General" title="Postmaster General">Postmaster General</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Processing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Intelligent_Mail_barcode" title="Intelligent Mail barcode">Intelligent Mail barcode</a></li>

<li><a href="Mail_Isolation_Control_and_Tracking" title="Mail Isolation Control and Tracking">Mail Isolation Control and Tracking</a></li>

<li><a href="Multiline_Optical_Character_Reader" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiline Optical Character Reader">Multiline Optical Character Reader</a></li>

<li><a href="Mail_cover" title="Mail cover">Mail cover</a></li>

<li><a href="Mail_sorting" title="Mail sorting">Mail sorting</a></li>

<li><a href="Package_forwarding" title="Package forwarding">Package forwarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_Alpha_Numeric_Encoding_Technique" title="Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique">PLANET</a></li>

<li><a href="POSTNET" title="POSTNET">POSTNET</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"> Institutions and systems</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_postal_entities" title="List of postal entities">Postal entities</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_museum" title="Postal museum">Postal museums</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_national_postal_services" title="List of national postal services">Postal services</a></li>

<li>Postal systems by country</li>

<li>Trade unions</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Courier" title="Courier">Courier</a></li>

<li><a href="Philately" title="Philately">Philately</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_most_expensive_philatelic_items" title="List of most expensive philatelic items">most expensive philatelic items</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Stamp_collecting" title="Stamp collecting">Stamp collecting</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_postage_stamps" title="List of postage stamps">notable stamps</a></li>

<li><a href="Stamp_catalog" title="Stamp catalog">catalogues</a></li>

<li>Philatelic terminology</li>

<li><a href="Philatelic_fakes_and_forgeries" title="Philatelic fakes and forgeries">fakes and forgeries</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">List of entities that have <br>issued postage stamps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>

<ul><li><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Portal%3APhilately" title="Portal:Philately">Philately portal</a></b></li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> <b>Category</b></li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"></span></span> <b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Post" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Post">Commons</a></b></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="List_of_FIPS_country_codes" title="List of FIPS country codes">FIPS country code</a> (FIPS 10-4)</li>

<li><a href="Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS place code</a> (FIPS 55)</li>

<li><a href="FIPS_county_code" title="FIPS county code">FIPS county code</a> (FIPS 6-4)</li>

<li><a href="Federal_Information_Processing_Standard_state_code" title="Federal Information Processing Standard state code">FIPS state code</a> (FIPS 5-2)</li>

<li><a href="GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS codes</a> (United Kingdom)</li>

<li><a href="Standard_Geographical_Classification_code_(Canada)" title="Standard Geographical Classification code (Canada)">SGC codes</a> (Canada)</li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Airport_code" title="Airport code">Airport codes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA airport code</a></li>

<li><a href="ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO airport code</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">IANA country code</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">alpha-2</a></li>

<li><a href="ISO_3166-1_alpha-3" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-3">alpha-3</a></li>

<li><a href="ISO_3166-1_numeric" title="ISO 3166-1 numeric">numeric</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_aircraft_registration_prefixes" title="List of aircraft registration prefixes">Aircraft prefixes</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IOC country code</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_FIFA_country_codes" title="List of FIFA country codes">FIFA country code</a></li>

<li><a href="International_vehicle_registration_code" title="International vehicle registration code">Vehicle country codes</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Geodesic" title="Geodesic">Geodesic</a><br>place codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Discrete_global_grid" title="Discrete global grid">Global</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="C-squares" title="C-squares">C-squares</a></li>

<li><a href="Geohash" title="Geohash">Geohash</a></li>

<li><a href="Geohash-36" title="Geohash-36">Geohash-36</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Geographic_Reference_System" title="World Geographic Reference System">GEOREF</a></li>

<li><a href="International_Map_of_the_World" title="International Map of the World">International Map of the World</a> indexing system</li>

<li><a href="Mapcode" title="Mapcode">Mapcode</a></li>

<li><a href="Marsden_square" title="Marsden square">Marsden square</a></li>

<li><a href="Military_Grid_Reference_System" title="Military Grid Reference System">Military Grid Reference System</a></li>

<li><a href="Natural_Area_Code" title="Natural Area Code">Natural Area Code</a></li>

<li><a href="Open_Location_Code" title="Open Location Code">Open Location Code</a></li>

<li><a href="UN/LOCODE" title="UN/LOCODE">UN/LOCODE</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Meteorological_Organization_squares" title="World Meteorological Organization squares">WMO squares</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="ICES_Statistical_Rectangles" title="ICES Statistical Rectangles">ICES Statistical Rectangles</a> (north-east Atlantic region)</li>

<li><a href="Irish_grid_reference_system" title="Irish grid reference system">Irish grid reference system</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Topographic_System" title="National Topographic System">National Topographic System</a> (Canada)</li>

<li><a href="Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">Ordnance Survey National Grid</a> (UK)</li>

<li><a href="National_Level_Addressing_Grid" title="National Level Addressing Grid">National Level Addressing Grid</a> (India)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Postcodes in Australia">Australian post codes</a></li>

<li><a href="C%C3%B3digo_de_Endere%C3%A7amento_Postal" title="Código de Endereçamento Postal">CEP</a> (Brazil)</li>

<li><a href="Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircodes</a> (Republic of Ireland)</li>

<li><a href="Postcodes_in_New_Zealand" title="Postcodes in New Zealand">New Zealand post codes</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">Postal Index Number</a> (India)</li>

<li><a href="UK_post_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="UK post codes">United Kingdom post codes</a></li>

<li><a href="ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> (United States)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Telephony" title="Telephony">Telephony</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_ITU_letter_codes" title="List of ITU letter codes">ITU-R country codes</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_country_calling_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of country calling codes">ITU-T country calling codes</a></li>

<li><a href="Mobile_country_code" title="Mobile country code">ITU-T mobile calling codes</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">Amateur radio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Maidenhead_Locator_System" title="Maidenhead Locator System">Maidenhead Locator System</a></li>

<li>Historical : <a href="QRA_locator" title="QRA locator">QRA locator</a></li></ul>

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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Postal_codes_in_Africa271" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Postal_codes_in_Africa271" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Postal codes in Africa</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Algeria" title="Postal codes in Algeria">Algeria</a></li>

<li>Angola</li>

<li>Benin</li>

<li>Botswana</li>

<li>Burkina Faso</li>

<li>Burundi</li>

<li>Cameroon</li>

<li>Cape Verde</li>

<li>Central African Republic</li>

<li>Comoros</li>

<li>Democratic Republic of the Congo</li>

<li>Republic of the Congo</li>

<li>Djibouti</li>

<li>Egypt</li>

<li>Equatorial Guinea</li>

<li>Eritrea</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Eswatini" title="Postal codes in Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li>

<li>Ethiopia</li>

<li>Gabon</li>

<li>The Gambia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Ghana" title="Postal codes in Ghana">Ghana</a></li>

<li>Guinea</li>

<li>Guinea-Bissau</li>

<li>Ivory Coast</li>

<li>Kenya</li>

<li>Lesotho</li>

<li>Liberia</li>

<li>Libya</li>

<li>Madagascar</li>

<li>Malawi</li>

<li>Mauritania</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Mauritius" title="Postal codes in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li>

<li>Morocco</li>

<li>Mozambique</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Namibia" title="Postal codes in Namibia">Namibia</a></li>

<li>Niger</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Nigeria" title="Postal codes in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li>

<li>Rwanda</li>

<li>São Tomé and Príncipe</li>

<li>Senegal</li>

<li>Seychelles</li>

<li>Sierra Leone</li>

<li>Somalia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_South_Africa" title="Postal codes in South Africa">South Africa</a></li>

<li>South Sudan</li>

<li>Sudan</li>

<li>Tanzania</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Tunisia" title="Postal codes in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li>

<li>Uganda</li>

<li>Zambia</li>

<li>Zimbabwe</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">States with limited<br>recognition</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</li>

<li>Somaliland</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Dependencies and<br>other territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div>

<ul><li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Canary_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>/ <a href="Postal_codes_in_Ceuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Ceuta">Ceuta</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>/ <a href="Postal_codes_in_Melilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Melilla">Melilla</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(Spain)</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Madeira" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Madeira">Madeira</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(Portugal)</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Mayotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Mayotte">Mayotte</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>/ <a href="Postal_codes_in_R%C3%A9union" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Réunion">Réunion</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(France)</li>

<li>Saint Helena<span class="nowrap"> </span>/ Ascension Island<span class="nowrap"> </span>/ Tristan da Cunha<span class="nowrap"> </span>(United Kingdom)</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Antigua and Barbuda</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Argentina" title="Postal codes in Argentina">Argentina</a></li>

<li>Bahamas</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Barbados" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Barbados">Barbados</a></li>

<li>Belize</li>

<li>Bolivia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Brazil">Brazil</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Canada" title="Postal codes in Canada">Canada</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Chile" title="Postal codes in Chile">Chile</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Colombia" title="Postal codes in Colombia">Colombia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Costa_Rica" title="Postal codes in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li>

<li>Dominica</li>

<li>Dominican Republic</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Ecuador" title="Postal codes in Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li>

<li>El Salvador</li>

<li>Grenada</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Guatemala" title="Postal codes in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li>

<li>Guyana</li>

<li>Haiti</li>

<li>Honduras</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Jamaica" title="Postal codes in Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Mexico" title="Postal codes in Mexico">Mexico</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Nicaragua" title="Postal codes in Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Panama" title="Postal codes in Panama">Panama</a></li>

<li>Paraguay</li>

<li>Saint Kitts and Nevis</li>

<li>Saint Lucia</li>

<li>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</li>

<li>Suriname</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Postal codes in Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the United States">United States</a></li>

<li>Uruguay</li>

<li>Venezuela</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Anguilla</li>

<li>Aruba</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Bermuda" title="Postal codes in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li>

<li>Bonaire</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Postal codes in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Postal codes in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li>

<li>Curaçao</li>

<li>Falkland Islands</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_French_Guiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Greenland" title="Postal codes in Greenland">Greenland</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Guadeloupe" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Martinique" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Martinique">Martinique</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Montserrat" title="Postal codes in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Postal codes in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li>

<li>Saint Martin</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li>

<li>Sint Eustatius</li>

<li>Sint Maarten</li>

<li>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</li>

<li>Turks and Caicos Islands</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li>North America</li>

<li>Central America</li>

<li>Caribbean</li>

<li><b>South America</b></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Afghanistan" title="Postal codes in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Armenia" title="Postal codes in Armenia">Armenia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Azerbaijan" title="Postal codes in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li>

<li>Bahrain</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Bangladesh" title="Postal codes in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Bhutan" title="Postal codes in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Brunei" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Brunei">Brunei</a></li>

<li>Cambodia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_China" title="Postal codes in China">China</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Cyprus" title="Postal codes in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li>

<li>Egypt</li>

<li>Georgia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in India">India</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Indonesia" title="Postal codes in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Israel" title="Postal codes in Israel">Israel</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Japan" title="Postal codes in Japan">Japan</a></li>

<li>Jordan</li>

<li>Kazakhstan</li>

<li>North Korea</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_South_Korea" title="Postal codes in South Korea">South Korea</a></li>

<li>Kuwait</li>

<li>Kyrgyzstan</li>

<li>Lebanon</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Malaysia" title="Postal codes in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li>

<li>Maldives</li>

<li>Mongolia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Myanmar" title="Postal codes in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Nepal" title="Postal codes in Nepal">Nepal</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Pakistan" title="Postal codes in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li>

<li>Qatar</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Russia" title="Postal codes in Russia">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Postal codes in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Singapore" title="Postal codes in Singapore">Singapore</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Postal codes in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li>

<li>Syria</li>

<li>Tajikistan</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Thailand" title="Postal codes in Thailand">Thailand</a></li>

<li>Timor-Leste (East Timor)</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Turkey" title="Postal codes in Turkey">Turkey</a></li>

<li>Turkmenistan</li>

<li>United Arab Emirates</li>

<li>Uzbekistan</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Vietnam" title="Postal codes in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li>

<li>Yemen</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">States with<br>limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Abkhazia</li>

<li>Northern Cyprus</li>

<li>Palestine</li>

<li>South Ossetia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Taiwan" title="Postal codes in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependencies</a> and<br>other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>British Indian Ocean Territory</li>

<li>Christmas Island</li>

<li>Cocos (Keeling) Islands</li>

<li>Macau</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Albania" title="Postal codes in Albania">Albania</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Andorra" title="Postal codes in Andorra">Andorra</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Armenia" title="Postal codes in Armenia">Armenia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Austria" title="Postal codes in Austria">Austria</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Azerbaijan" title="Postal codes in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li>

<li>Belarus</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Belgium</a></li>

<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Bulgaria" title="Postal codes in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Croatia" title="Postal codes in Croatia">Croatia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Cyprus" title="Postal codes in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="Postal codes in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Denmark" title="Postal codes in Denmark">Denmark</a></li>

<li>Estonia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Finland" title="Postal codes in Finland">Finland</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_France" title="Postal codes in France">France</a></li>

<li>Georgia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Germany" title="Postal codes in Germany">Germany</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Greece" title="Postal codes in Greece">Greece</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Hungary" title="Postal codes in Hungary">Hungary</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Iceland" title="Postal codes in Iceland">Iceland</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Italy">Italy</a></li>

<li>Kazakhstan</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Latvia" title="Postal codes in Latvia">Latvia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Lithuania" title="Postal codes in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Luxembourg" title="Postal codes in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Malta" title="Postal codes in Malta">Malta</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Moldova" title="Postal codes in Moldova">Moldova</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Monaco" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Monaco">Monaco</a></li>

<li>Montenegro</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands" title="Postal codes in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_North_Macedonia" title="Postal codes in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Norway" title="Postal codes in Norway">Norway</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Poland" title="Postal codes in Poland">Poland</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Portugal" title="Postal codes in Portugal">Portugal</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Romania" title="Postal codes in Romania">Romania</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Russia" title="Postal codes in Russia">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_San_Marino" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in San Marino">San Marino</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Serbia" title="Postal codes in Serbia">Serbia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Slovakia" title="Postal codes in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Slovenia" title="Postal codes in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Spain" title="Postal codes in Spain">Spain</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Sweden" title="Postal codes in Sweden">Sweden</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Turkey" title="Postal codes in Turkey">Turkey</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Ukraine" title="Postal codes in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with limited<br>recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Abkhazia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Kosovo" title="Postal codes in Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li>

<li>Northern Cyprus</li>

<li>South Ossetia</li>

<li>Transnistria</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies and<br>other entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Åland</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Postal codes in the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Guernsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Jersey">Jersey</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Svalbard" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Svalbard">Svalbard</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Australia">Australia</a></li>

<li>Federated States of Micronesia</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Indonesia" title="Postal codes in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li>

<li>Kiribati</li>

<li>Marshall Islands</li>

<li>Nauru</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Palau" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Palau">Palau</a></li>

<li>Papua New Guinea</li>

<li>Samoa</li>

<li>Solomon Islands</li>

<li>Timor-Leste</li>

<li>Tonga</li>

<li>Tuvalu</li>

<li>Vanuatu</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated states<br>of New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Cook Islands</li>

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<ul><li><a href="Postal_codes_in_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li>

<li>Christmas Island</li>

<li>Cocos (Keeling) Islands</li>

<li>Easter Island</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_French_Polynesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li>

<li>Hawaii</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_New_Caledonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li>

<li>Norfolk Island</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li>

<li>Tokelau</li>

<li><a href="Postal_codes_in_Wallis_and_Futuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal codes in Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul>

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