Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Postal code specifics
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Postal code specifics
This section gives additional formatting information for the postal codes within this country, such as letters or numbers which are not used, number ranges and so on.
We check and add to or modify this information regularly.
Topics with property Postal code specifics
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A single code, SIQQ 1ZZ, is used
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Ascension Island
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo (Democratic Republic of - Kinshasa)
- Congo (Republic of the - Brazzaville)
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Curacao
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- East Timor
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Grenada
- Guernsey
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- North Korea
- Norway
- Panama
- Philippines
- Poland
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saba
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
A single code, TKCA 1ZZ, is used
A single postal code is used: 00120
A single postal codes is used: BIQQ 1ZZ
All addresses have the code 2899
All addresses have the code 7151
All addresses have the code 9974
All addresses have the code NRU68
All addresses have the code PCRN 1ZZ
All codes begin with 1, 2 or 3 (old system)
All codes commence 008
All codes commence 4789
All codes commence 96939 or 96940
All codes commence 9695
All codes commence 970 or 971
All codes commence 975
All codes commence 980
All codes commence IM
All codes commence JE
All codes commence with 7
All codes commence with 973
All codes commence with 987
All codes commence with digits in the ranges 974, 977 and 978
All codes commence with number ranges between 10 and 23. The third digit is always 0. The fourth digit ranges from 0 to 3
All codes fall in the range VC01-VC0472
All postal codes begin with 81, 84 or 85
All postal codes commence with 0, 8 or 9
All postal codes commence with 22
All postal codes commence with 7
All postal codes commence with 7, 80, 88 or 89
All postal codes commence with a digit between 1 and 5
All postal codes commence with a digit between 1 and 7
All postal codes commence with digits in the range 01-52
All postal codes fall into the range 010100-250702
British and United States’ military postal codes are used in addition to the single civilian code: BBND 1ZZ
Character 1 can only be A, B, C, E, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, X, Y. The letters D, F, I, O, Q and U are not used in any part of the postal code
Codes 9000-9299 are not used
Codes are in the range 0001 to 4216
Codes begin with numbers in the range 01-16
Codes can commence with any digit between 1 and 8
Codes can commence with digits between 01 and 99
Codes cannot commence with 0 or 2. The fifth digit must be 1 or 5-9.
Codes cannot commence with 0 or 9
Codes cannot commence with 0, 100,12-20, 26-30, 35-40, 44-50, 52-55, 58-60, 65-70, 74-80, 85-90, 95-99
Codes commence with a number in the range 1-8
Codes commence with one of these number combinations: 11-12, 14-17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30-31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 50-51, 53-55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 71-75.
Codes currently do not commence with any of these numbers or number ranges: 09, 19, 27-29, 37-39, 58, 68-69, 79, 88-89, 93, 99
Codes currently only fall within these ranges: 11-17, 21-24, 31-33, 41-45, 51-54, 61-65, 71-75, 81-85 and 91-93
Codes do not commence with 0 or numbers in the range 79-98
Codes do not include the letters B, G, I, J, L, M, O, Q or S
Codes fall into the range 10-17
Codes fall only in these ranges: 11-17, 21-23 or 31-34
Codes may commence with a number between 1 and 9, A or R
Codes range between 01 and 99, except 05, 43 and 62
Codes range between 101 and 199 and between 1000 and 1216
First digit may not be 0
First digit may not be 0 or 9
First digit may not be 0. The letter combinations SS, SA and SD are not used
First digit may not be 0. There are currently no codes commencing: 19, 28-29, 38, 59, 68-69, 78-79, 87-89, 97-99
First digits range between 01 and 74 or 80
First five digits are 96799
First four digits are always 9694
Jan Mayen uses the postal code 8099. Svalbard uses the codes 9170 and 9171
Metropolitan France has postal codes commencing 00-95 and 99
n/a
No postal codes currently commence with 0, 10, 19-20, 24-40, 47, 49-60, 66, 68-80 or 86-99
Old codes may begin with these numbers: 11-12, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71-76, 81-82, 91
Only the 5th character differs between codes
Only the ranges 01-24 are currently in use.
Postal code currently exist in these ranges: 1000-1002, 1101-1120, 1201-1210, 1301-1313, 1401-1416, 1501-1519, 1601-1612, 1701-1716, 1801-1814, 1901-1915, 2001-2012, 2101-2110, 2201-2212 and 2301-2316
Postal codes begin with one of these combinations: 10, 31-32, 34, 36, 41-42, 44, 46, 51-52, 54, 56, 58, 61-62, 64, 66
Postal codes can begin with a 1,2,3,4 or 6. No codes begin with 22, 25-28, 31-33, 37, 47-49, 5 or 7-9
Postal codes cannot commence with 0 or 45-49
Postal codes cannot commence with 0 or 7
Postal codes commence 969
Postal codes commence 970 or 971
Postal codes commence 9709 or 97133
Postal codes commence 972
Postal codes commence 976 or 985
Postal codes commence 986
Postal codes commence with 71 or 72
Postal codes commence with a number between 01 and 18
Postal codes commence with a number between 1 and 7
Postal codes commence with these number ranges: 00, 10, 12, 21-22, 32-35, 44-45, 56-57
Postal codes currently do not exist commencing 0, 10, 17-20, 23-30, 37-40 or 47-99
Postal codes currently fall within the ranges 111-16, 211-23, 311-34, 412-43 and 511-52
Postal codes do not begin with 0, 22-29, 35, 49, 55 or 58-99
Postal codes fall in the range 111-641
Postal codes may commence with numbers in these ranges: 10-16, 21-22, 25-27, 31-32, 34-35, 37-38, 41-48, 51-52, 55-56, 61-62, 65-66, 71-72, 81-82, 91-92.
Postal codes range between 01 and 25
Postal codes range between 01000 and 22027
The first character cannot be I, O or V
The first digit can be in the range 1-7
The first digit cannot be 0
The first digit falls in the range 0-4
The first digit is 1, 2 or 3. The second digit is 1, 2, 3 or 4. The final two digits fall in the range 00-25
The first digit may be 1, 2, 6 or 7
The first digit may not be 0
The first digit may not be 0. No postal codes commence with the digits 32, 48, 49 or 99
The first digit may not be 0. Postal codes cannot commence with 57, 58 or 59
The first digits are 94. The final two digits fall between 85 and 88 or 90 and 98
The first digits may not be 0, 30-31, 50-51, 60, 70-71, 78-79, 89
The first digits range between 200 and 247
The first letter is H, L, M or S
The first letters cannot be BA to BU (excluding BI, BO and BQ); KA to KH, PA to PE or TA to TH
The first number can be 1 or 2
The first three letters are always MSR. The first digit is always 1. The second digit can currently be between 1 and 3, the third 1, 2, 3 or 5. The last digit is always 0
The first two characters are always KI. The third character is always 0. The fourth character is 1 for the Gilbert Islands, 2 for the Phoenix Islands and 3 for the Line Islands.
The first two characters are always KY. The third character can be 1, 2 or 3
The first two characters may be one of these combinations: CR, DD, DV, FL, GE, HM, HS, MA, PG, SB, SN, WK
The first two digits are 00. The third digit is 6, 7 or 9
The first two digits are 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 or 80, and the third digit 0 or 1
The first two digits are 39
The first two digits are 99
The first two digits can be in the range 01 to 48
The first two digits fall in the range 00-21
The first two digits fall in the range 01-81.
The first two digits fall in the range 20-77
The first two digits range between 10 and 85
The first two number of the postal codes fall within these ranges: 10-11, 20, 23, 30-32, 40-42, 50-51, 60-62
The second digit may not be 9
There are also no postal codes commencing 0, 25-29, 48-49, 60-61, 68-69, 88-89 or 95-99.
There are two spaces between the second and third digits
There is only a single postal code: AI-2640
These codes belong to other, independent, countries: 96940-96944; 96960-96970
These strings are not found at the start of the postal code: 49, 68-69, 76-79,99
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