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A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan[1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [2] (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address. Introduced on July 1, 1963, the basic format comprised five ...
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. As of August 2021, the Universal Postal Union lists 160 ...
As announced in 2012, each code would be a six-digit number, with the first two digits indicating one of 72 postal districts (64 in Trinidad, eight in Tobago). [1] It was piloted in Point Fortin in 2013 [2] and later tested in four other Trinidad communities, as well as the island of Tobago. It is now launched as of 2021 throughout all of the ...
NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN. U.S. ZIP codes. ZIP codes 006XX for NW PR, 007XX for SE PR, in which XX designates the town or post office and 009XX for the San Juan Metropolitan Area, in which XX designates the area or borough of San Juan. The last four digits identify an area within the post office.
Postal codes were adopted in Ghana on 18 October 2017, following the launch of the National Digital Address System. [1] [2] As a joint venture between Ghana Post (with support from the Government of Ghana]) and Vokacom Ltd as GhanaPost GPS, the Digital Address System assigned postal codes and unique addresses to every square in Ghana.
The single or pair of letters chosen for postcode areas are generally intended as a mnemonic for the places served. [1] Postcode areas, post towns and postcode districts do not follow political or local authority administrative boundaries and usually serve much larger areas than the place names with which they are associated.
Each cell in this table contains a three-digit ZIP code prefix, the state where that ZIP code prefix is located, and the name of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Sectional Center Facility (SCF) that serves that ZIP code prefix, which may be in a different state.
Postal codes in Panama were introduced in 2007. [1] The postal code consists of four numeric digits. The first two digits represent the province or provincial-level indigenous region. For the provinces, these are the same digits as used in its ISO 3166-2 code. Province. Post Code. Bocas del Toro. 0101. Chiriquí.