Postal code format (rule category)
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| The human-friendly name shown for this concept in the user interface, used instead of the technical name to improve readability and understanding. Display name | Postal code format |
| Dimensional categorization of a concept, e.g., a data quality dimension of a data quality rule. Dimension | Representational consistency |
| Hierachical parent concept of a concept. Parent | Format (rule category) |
Data quality rules
| Rule | Country | Description | Criticality |
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| Deprecated post code format identified (Vietnam) | VN (Viet Nam) | This rule checks the old post code format of Vietnam. Vietnam changed its postal code system from 5- to 6-digits in 2004 and then reverted back to a 5-digit system in 2018. The rule checks 6-digits post code. | INFO |
| Post code format invalid (Afghanistan) | AF (Afghanistan) | This rule checks the post code format of Afghanistan. Afghanistan introduced Postal Codes in 2011. They are managed by Afghan Post, the national public postal service under the direction of Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Afghanistan postal codes are four digits (NNNN). The first two digits (ranging from 10–43) correspond to the province, while the last two digits correspond either to the city/delivery zone (range 01–50) or to the district/delivery zone (range 51–99). | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Aland Islands) | AX (Åland Islands) | The postal code format resembles with Finland, first two numbers are 22. CC-NNNNN used from abroad | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Albania) | AL (Albania) | This rule checks the post code format of Albania.On 9th October 2006, Albania started introducing a 4-digit postal code (kodi postar) system. The system is still in its early stages and the code is unlikely to be often found in addresses. The first two digits indicate a postal district, the last two a post office. The postal code cannot commence with 0. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Algeria) | DZ (Algeria) | Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits indicate the wilaya (department), the last three the delivery office. The first two digits can range from 01 to 48. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (American Samoa) | AS (American Samoa) | Postal codes in American Samoa. Mail service in American Samoa is fully integrated with the United States Postal Service. All points in the territory use the same ZIP code, 96799. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Andorra) | AD (Andorra) | Andorra introduced a postal code in July 2004 with the format: [AD]999 The first number can be in the range 1-7. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Argentina) | AR (Argentina) | The postal code (CPA, Código Postal Argentino) formats of Argentina changed in 1999 from a block of 4 digits to a block of 8 characters having the format: ANNNNAAA.
The first character cannot be I, O or V. The first five characters are the prefix, the last three the suffix. These codes will cover groups of buildings (odd- and even-numbered by street, or by block), a much finer area than the current code. The four digits in the new code are usually the same as the pre-1999 4-digit code (some have been changed to allow improved zoning). The letter at the start of the prefix indicates the province. The suffix identifies the group of buildings within the zone indicated by the prefix. The first two digits indicate a postal district, the last two a post office. The postal code cannot commence with 0. | INFO |
| Post code format invalid (Armenia) | AM (Armenia) | A new postal code system, a block of 4 digits, has been developed to replace the Soviet-era block of 6 digits. Introduced in April 2006, the new codes run from 0001 to 4216. Each code refers to a delivery post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Australia) | AU (Australia) | This rule checks the post code format of Australia. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first digit indicates the state or territory the second a zone and the final two the delivery office. Most municipalities, settlements or suburbs have a single own code. Post office boxes have different postal codes to street addresses, and large users may also have a unique code. A company can therefore possibly have two codes. The mailing address (post office box/large user) should in these cases be used in preference to the street address. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Austria) | AT (Austria) | This rule checks the post code format of Austria.
The postal code (postleitzahl) is written on the same line, and before, the name of the town. Austrian postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits (the first digit cannot be a 0). These codes do not correspond well to administrative districts, as many towns have more than one code, and many codes refer to more than one municipality. Codes may refer to a whole town, a set of post office boxes or an area centred on a post office within larger towns. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Azerbaijan) | AZ (Azerbaijan) | This rule checks the post code format of Azerbaijan. These are called Poçt İndeksi in Azerbaijani. On 1st April 2003, Azerbaijan changed their postal code system from the block of 6 digits inherited from the Soviet Union, into codes in this format: CCNNNN. The digits can begin with any number between 0 and 73. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Bahrain) | BH (Bahrain) | This rule checks the post code format of Bahrain. Bahraini postal codes consist of a block of three or four digits. Those consisting of three digits refer to regions number 1 to 9. Those with four digits refer to regions 10-12. The first digit in NNN format and the first two digits in NNNN format refer to one of the 12 municipalities of the country. PO Box address doesn't need a block number or city name, just the PO Box number followed by the name of the country, Bahrain. The postal code format is NNN or NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Bangladesh) | BD (Bangladesh) | This rule checks the post code format of Bangladesh. Bangladeshi postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits or a block of 6 digits. The first two digits refer to the main post office in the district headquarters the second two digits refer to the sub- post office. The final two digits in postal codes with a length of 6 are currently always ‘00’ and would appear to have been added to allow future modification of the system. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Barbados) | BB (Barbados) | This rule checks the post code format of Barbados. Barbados started introducing a postal code system in 2006. All codes have the format: CCNNNNN. Postal deliveries are made on a house-to-house basis from 18 post offices on the island. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Belarus) | BY (Byelorussian SSR) | This rule checks the postcode format of Belarus. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits. The code used is that in use since before independence from the Soviet Union. The first three digits indicate the region, the last three the post office. Numbers range between 200 and 247. The postal code format is NNNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Belgium) | BE (Belgium) | This rule checks the postcode format of Belgium. The Belgium postal codes have four digits. The first two digits identify the sorting sector, The third identifies the post office, The last digit identifies the delivery office. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Bermuda) | BM (Bermuda) | This rule checks the post code format of Bermuda. AA NN for street addresses, AA AA for P.O. Box addresses. The second half of the postcode identifies the street delivery walk or the PO Box number range | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Bhutan) | BT (Bhutan) | This rule checks the postcode format of Bhutan. Bhutan introduced a 5-digit postal code on 21st February 2010.
The first digit indicates the Region The second digit indicates the Dzongkhag (district) The third digit indicates the Dungkhag (sub-district) within a Dzongkhag (0 if there are none) The last two digits indicate the delivery point such as a General Post Office (GPO), Post Office (PO) or Community Mail Office (CMOs) Postcodes currently do not exist commencing: 0, 10, 17-20, 23-30, 37-40, 47-99. The postal code format is NNNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | This rule checks the post code format of Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. The format is NNNNN and consists of 5 digits. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Brazil) | BR (Brazil) | This rule checks the post code format of Brazil. Postal codes (Codificacao de Endereçamento Postal, CEP, introduced in 1992) consists of 8 digits in the format: NNNNN[-]NNN.
The first digit indicates the region, the second a sub-region, the third a sector, the fourth a sub- sector, the fifth a part of a sub-sector, and the numbers after the hyphen indicate the point of delivery. The final three digits range between 000 and 899 for street addresses900 to 959 for “special codes” 960 to 969 for “promotional postal codes” 970 to 989 and 999 for postal use and 990 to 998 for post office boxes. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (British Indian Ocean Territory) | IO (British Indian Ocean Territory) | This rule checks the post code format of British_Indian_Ocean_Territory. One code for all addresses (AAAA NAA). UK territory, but not UK postcode. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (British Virgin Islands) | VG (Virgin Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of British Virgin Islands.
A postal code system was introduced in 2006. The country has been split into 6 zones, and each postal code covers a post office or single address. The postal code format is: (VG11)9(0) The areas are:
| ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Brunei) | BN (Brunei Darussalam) | This rule checks the post code format of Brunei. Brunei has altered its postal code pattern in 1999 to include two letters before a block of 4 digits in this pattern: AANNNN.
The first letter indicates the province (daerah), the second the county (mukim). The first two digits of the number indicate the district or village (kampong/kawasan), and the final two digits indicate the post office/route (pejabat penerahan). The system includes separate codes for large-users. The relationship between the code BS (for Bandar Seri Begawan) and those codes of the mukims it occupies is unclear. The first letters can be BA to BU (excluding BI, BO and BQ) KA to KH, PA to PE or TA to TH. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Bulgaria) | BG (Bulgaria) | This rule checks the postcode format of Bulgaria. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first digit indicates the zone, the second the area and the last two the locality. The first digit cannot be 0. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Cambodia) | KH (Cambodia) | This rule checks the post code format of Cambodia. Cambodia uses a postal code, introduced in 1997, which is a block of 5 digits. This code ranges from 01000 to 21564 and is written after the settlement name. It is assigned alphabetically to province and settlement names rather than geographically. Postal code zones correspond to a great extent to administrative districts. Since 2018 the post code became a 6-digit code which ranges to our knowledge from 010000 to 250702. The first two digits indicate the region (here province) the next two the county (here district or municipality), and the final two the locality (or urban area). The rule allows both versions. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Canada) | CA (Canada) | This rule checks the post code format of Canada. The system was gradually introduced starting in April 1971 in Ottawa. The letters D, F, I, O, Q, and U are not used to avoid confusion with other letters or numbers. A Canadian postal code is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. Like British, Irish and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format ANA NAN, where A is a letter and N is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth characters. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Cape Verde) | CV (Cabo Verde) | This rule checks the post code format of Cape_Verde. Postal codes were introduced in 2003. They have 4 consecutive digits, and coincide with administrative areas. The postal code is written before the settlement name on the last line of the address, sometimes separated from it with a hyphen. The first digit indicates the island. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Cayman Islands) | KY (Cayman Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of Cayman Islands. Cayman Islands introduced a postal code (known locally as Postcode) system in August 2006. The code has the format: [KY]9[-]9999
The third character can be 1, 2 or 3 and indicates the island:
| ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Chile) | CL (Chile) | This rule checks the post code format of Chile. Chile has recently completed introducing a 7 digit postal code, The format is NNNNNNN determining a geographical area, down to one side of a housing block. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (China) | CN (China) | This rule checks the post code format of China. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits. The first two digits indicate the province, the third the postal area, the fourth the city and county and the final two the delivery region. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Christmas Island) | CX (Christmas Island) | This rule checks the post code format of Christmas_Island. Part of the Australian postal code system.The format of postal code of Christmas Island is NNNN. The default postal code is 67988. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Colombia) | CO (Colombia) | This rule checks the post code format of Colombia. The format of the Colombian postal code is as follows: XXXXXX
| ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Costa Rica) | CR (Costa Rica) | This rule checks the post code format of Costa_Rica. Costa Rica changed its postal code system in March 2007 from 4 to 5 or 9 digits in these formats:NNNNN NNNNN-NNNN The former are used for street addresses, the latter for post office box addresses. The first five digits are a distrital code which equates with geographical areas. The first number indicates the province, the second and third the cantón, the fourth and fifth the district. I.e., the code repeats the information written in full on the line above the postal code line in the address block. For post office boxes the final four digits are the same those used in the postal code before March 2007. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Croatia) | HR (Croatia) | This rule checks the post code format of Croatia. The postal codes (Postanški broj) consist of 5 digits in the format along with country code: CC- NNNNN. Postal codes are increasingly being found written without space.
A new postal code system has been devised - up until recently the code used was that from the former Yugoslavia. The code can commence with a number between 1 and 5. The first two digits indicate the district, the third indicates the zone and the last two the post office. A code ending '000' is for the district capital. A code ending '00' or '0' is for a large town. A code ending '010' or '090' is for a town with more than two delivery offices. A code ending '001' refers to a post office box. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Cuba) | CU (Cuba) | This rule checks the post code format of Cuba. Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two indicate the province and a main population centre or official office within it, the final three the delivery area or office. Postal codes cannot commence with 0 or 45-49 | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Cyprus) | CY (Cyprus) | This rule checks the postcode format of Cyprus. The postal code system covers the whole island but is not used on mail to Northern Cyprus. Northern Cyprus uses a 5-digit code commencing 99, introduced in 2013. For mail sent there from abroad, the line "Mersin 10" is written on the line above that containing the postal code, and the country name used is "Turkey". A postal code system was implemented in 1994.
Postal codes (for both areas) are formed by a block of 4 digits starting with a number between 1 and 9. The first digit of the code indicates the district as follows:
Lefkosia (Nicosia) 1 | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Czech Republic) | CZ (Czechia) | This rule checks the post code format of Czech_Republic.
Postal codes (Poštovní směrovací čísla or PSČ in Czech) are formed from five digits in the following format: NNN NN This code is still that used before the splitting of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1st January 1993. Czech addresses all have postal codes commencing with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The first digit indicates the postal zone, the second the central transport point, the third the district transport point and the final two digits the delivery point. There are currently no codes commencing 20, 21, 23, 24, 42, 45, 48, 49 or 52. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Denmark) | DK (Denmark) | This rule checks the postcode format of Denmark. Numbering follows the dispatch of postal trains from Copenhagen, also used by Greenland. Postal codes (postnumre) in Denmark and Greenland are composed of a block of 4 digits. It should be separated from the town name which follows it by 2 spaces. Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Frederiksberg and Odense may have a suffix (sorting code) to the town name to indicate the area of the town served or the region. The suffixes are as follows:
N North S South Ø East V West NV North-West NØ North-East SV South-West SØ South-East K Central (København) C Central (Odense, Aarhus and Frederiksberg) The postal codes of larger communities end in ‘00’ or ‘000’. Postal codes for Greenland can be distinguished as they begin with the numbers 39. Postal codes for the Faeroe Islands have 3 digits only. If you use the international sorting code, use FR for addresses in the Faeroe Islands rather than DK. Provincial communities usually have a single postal code for the whole borough. Smaller towns (Esbjerg, Odense, Aalborg, Aarhus, Vejle and København N, NV, S, SV and Ø) distinguish different areas by postal code, whilst København K and V, and Frederiksberg C have different postal codes for some streets. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Dominican Republic) | DO (Dominican Republic) | This rule checks the postcode format of Dominican_Republic.
These consist of a block of 5 digits in the format: NNNNN The first digit may not be 0. A planned system changing to the format NNNNN-NNNN has not been implemented. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Ecuador) | EC (Ecuador) | This rule checks the post code format of Ecuador. mplementation of a new postal code system (Código Postal Ecuatoriano, C.P.E.), commenced in December 2007. This postal code format is: NNNNNN with provinces, cantons and parishes each being represented by two of the digits. Old codes with the format ANNNNA, implemented in 2000, are still likely to be found in addresses. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Egypt) | EG (Egypt) | This rule checks the postcode format of Egypt. The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits. The first indicates the region, the second the governorate (before re-organisation in 2014), the third the quality of service and the last two the delivery area or post office. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (El Salvador) | SV (El Salvador) | This rule checks the post code format of El Salvador. The postal code consists of a block of 4 digits (previous to 1997 this was 5 digits), usually preceded by the letters “CP”. The first two digits indicate the department (province) and can be only 11-17, 21-23 or 31-34. The final two digits point to the delivery office. The postal code is hardly used. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Estonia) | EE (Estonia) | This rule checks the postcode format of Estonia. The postal code system in Estonia changed in January 1999. Codes are now composed of a block of 5 digits, commencing with any number between 1 and 9. This replaces the system inherited from the period that Estonia was part of the Soviet Union. A code in the new system can cover a village or a street or range of houses in the larger settlements. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Ethiopia) | ET (Ethiopia) | This rule checks the postcode format of Ethiopia. Ethiopia introduced a postal code system, with codes consisting of 4 digits, in 2007. The first digit indicates the region, the second the central delivery office and the last two the local office. It is not yet in wide use. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Falkland Islands) | FK (Falkland Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of Falkland_Islands. All addresses in The Falkland Islands have the postal code FIQQ 1ZZ. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Faroe Islands) | FO (Faroe Islands) | This rule checks the postcode format of Faroe_Islands. The mail system for the Faeroe Islands is administered by Denmark. Unlike Danish postal codes, The Faeroe Island postal code consists of a block of 3 digits, the first digit being a number between 1 and 9. The postcode format is CC - NNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Finland) | FI (Finland) | This rule checks the postcode format of Finland. Postal codes (postinumero) are composed of a block of 5 digits. These are written on the same line, and before, the town name. The first 2 digits of the postal code indicate the area of Finland covered (the sorting office). The next two digits indicate the area within this region (on the basis of municipality/village or suburb). The last digit can be a 0 (ordinary postal code) or a 1 (post office box). The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (France) | FR (France) | This rule checks the post code format of France. Postal codes, introduced in May 1965, consist of a block of 5 digits. They are always placed before and on the same line as the town name. The first two digits are the département number. Where the département number is less than 10 it is preceded by 0, for example 05. Département 2A has postal codes beginning with 200, 201, 203, 205, 207 and 209 département 2B has postal codes beginning with 202, 204 and 206. The préfecture (capital) of each départment has as its last three digits 000. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (French Guiana) | GF (French Guiana) | This rule checks the post code format of French_Guiana. Overseas Department of France. French codes used. All French Guianan postal codes commence with the digits 973. The format of the postal code is 973NN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (French Polynesia) | PF (French Polynesia) | This rule checks the post code format of French_Polynesia. Overseas Collectivity of France. French codes used. Range 98700 - 98790. All French Polynesia postal codes commence with the digits 987. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Georgia) | GE (Georgia) | This rule checks the post code format of Georgia. This rule checks the post code format of Georgia. Georgia has now discarded its 6 digit postal format and is using a 4-digit system. The first two digits indicate the major town or regional centre, the final two the delivery office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Germany) | DE (Germany) | Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ literally "postal routing number"), since 1 July 1993 consist of five digits. The first two digits indicate the wider area, the last three digits the postal district. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Ghana) | GH (Ghana) | This rule checks the post code format of Ghana.
On 18th October 2017 Ghana Post introduced a digital address system, called GhanaPostGPS, intended as an alternative to the traditional address system. This system divides the country into 5m by 5m squares, each of which is given a code. Though billed as providing a unique address for every property, this system will duplicate addresses that share the same square in the grid. At the current time creation of a code requires a user to have access to mobile communications, and an app, and to position themselves at the property. People trying to find an address also need access to mobile communications, an app and the code, and the codes are not yet fully accurate due to GPS quality fluctuations. These codes have the format: AA[-]999[-]9999 or A9[-]999[-]9999 | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Gibraltar) | GI (Gibraltar) | This rule checks the post code format of Gibraltar. However, GX11 1AA is used for every adress within Gibraltar! | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Greece) | GR (Greece) | This rule checks the post code format of Greece.
Postal codes (Taxydpomikos Tomeas, or TT) consist of 5 digits. They are written on the same line (the last line) and before the town name in the following format: NNN NN. The first two digits (ranging between 10 and 85) indicate the prefecture or large town (more than 50 000 inhabitants), the third digit is a ‘0’ to indicate a large town the last two figures give the post office or destination. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Greenland) | GL (Greenland) | This rule checks the postcode format of Greenland. Greenland belongs to the Danish postal system and, like Denmark, all its postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits placed before and on the same line as the settlement name. All Greenland postal codes begin with the number 39. Each settlement has its own postal code. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Guadeloupe) | GP (Guadeloupe) | This rule checks the postcode format of Guadeloupe. All Guadeloupe postal codes commence with the digits 9710-97132 and 97136-97198. The postal code format is 971NN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Guam) | GU (Guam) | This rule checks the post code format of Guam. U.S. ZIP codes. Range 96910 - 96932. The format of the postal code is NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Guatemala) | GT (Guatemala) | This rule checks the post code format of Guatemala. The postal code (Código Postal or CP) consists of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits indicate the department, the middle digit the delivery method and the final two digits the delivery office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Guernsey) | GG (Guernsey) | This rule checks the post code format of Guernsey. A postal code system was introduced into Guernsey only in June 1993. Each postal code begins with the letters GY. The format of the code is: GYN NAA or GYNN NAA GY9 codes cover Alderney and GY10 Sark. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Guinea) | GN (Guinea) | This rule checks the postcode format of Guinea. Guinea introduced a three-digit postal code system in 2005, written at the start of the address line. Some sources include the post office box number as part of the postal code. The radical code (postcode) is composed of three digits, making adaptation possible as the service gradually develops. The suffix is composed of P.O. Box numbers. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Guinea-Bissau) | GW (Guinea-Bissau) | This rule checks the post code format of Guinea-Bissau. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Haiti) | HT (Haiti) | This rule checks the postcode format of Haiti. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first digit refers to the department, the second to the district, the third to the commune and the fourth to the part of the commune. The Haiti Postal Corporation asks that the country code "HT" be placed before the
postcode digits. The "HT" code forms an integral part of the postcode, even for domestic mail. The postal code format is CCNNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Honduras) | HN (Honduras) | This rule checks the post code format of Honduras. The postal codes may consist of 6 alphanumeric characters in the format: AANNNN. The first two digits refer to the department, the third to the category of post office and the last three the points of delivery. A 5-digit postal code format: NNNNN is still often used instead of the one above. The regexp finds the 6 digit as well as the now again mainly used 5 digit postal code. 5 digit postal codes currently are assigned within the ranges 111-16, 211-23, 311-34, 412-43 and 511-52. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Hungary) | HU (Hungary) | This rule checks the postcode format of Hungary. Postal codes (irányítószám) consist of a block of 4 numbers, written either before the town name or on their own on the last line of the address. The first digit cannot be 0. They are sometimes written with spaces between each number. Most Hungarian settlements have a single postal codes. The larger cities have more than one code. These are: Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc, Györ, Pécs and Szeged. Postal codes for Budapest always begin with a 1. The second and third digits indicate the district, whilst the last digit is determined by the post office. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Iceland) | IS (Iceland) | This rule checks the post code format of Iceland. Postal codes are formed of a block of 3 digits. The first digit cannot be 0. Street addresses and post office boxes have different postal codes for the larger settlements. The postal code format is NNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (India) | IN (India) | This rule checks the post code format of India.Indian postal codes (PIN codes) consist of a block of 6 digits. The first digit cannot be 0. The first two indicate the state, the third the sorting centre and the last three a large town, a group of post offices or a delivery office. Postal codes are sometimes found written in the format NNNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Indonesia) | ID (Indonesia) | This rule checks the post code format of Indonesia. The postal code (Koda Pos) consists of a block of 5 digits. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Iran) | IR (Iran) | This rule checks the post code format of Iran. Iran has replaced its 5 digit postal code with a ten digit code, intended to give an individual code to each building in the country. The first digit is a forwarding code, the second a zone, the third a district, the fourth a part of the district, the fifth a segment. The final four digits are an identification code. The format is NNNNN NNNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Iraq) | IQ (Iraq) | This rule checks the post code format of Iraq. Iraq has postal codes which are a block of 5 digits. They are not used commonly. The Iraqi government has initiated a project to modernize Iraq’s postal services, which is likely to include a reinvigorated postal code system, though the postal code will retain the same 5-digit structure, identifying region, province, delivery type and post office. Some postal codes will be used for large-users. The postal code format is NNNNN. 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 | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Ireland) | IE (Ireland) | This rule checks the post code format of Ireland according to the EIRCODE as introduced in 2015. The Eircode is divided into two parts: The first part consists of three characters (routing key), with the first character being an uppercase letter followed by two numeric digits.The second part consists of a space and four characters, which can be either uppercase letters or numeric digits. This rule however ignores any whitespaces. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Isle of Man) | IM (Isle of Man) | Ireland's postcode system (called Eircode) refers to individual properties - not to streets/areas. The first 3 characters are a routing key referring to an area's postal district, and the second 4 characters are an individual property identifier. The postal code format is CCN NAA or CCNN NAA | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Israel) | IL (Israel) | This rule checks the post code format of Israel. On 1st February 2013, postal codes in Israel change from 5 digits to 7. The first 5 (or 4) digits remain the same. The postal code format is NNNNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Italy) | IT (Italy) | This rule checks the post code format of Italy. Codice di Avviamento Postale (CAP). First two digits identify province with some exceptions, because there are more than 100 provinces. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Japan) | JP (Japan) | This rule checks the post code format of Japan. Postal codes consist of seven digits in the following format: NNN-NNNN. This code was introduced on February 2nd 1998. Before that postal codes had three or five digits. These old postal codes may still be found in address databases. The new seven-digit codes have been created in about 98% of cases by adding two or four digits to the end of the existing three- or five-digit code. A postal mark, 〒, may precede the code to indicate that the number following is a postal code. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Jersey) | JE (Jersey) | This rule checks the post code format of Jersey. A postal code system was introduced into Jersey only in June 1993. It follows the same structure and format as United Kingdom postal codes. Each postal code begins with the letters JE and has the format: CCN NAA. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Jordan) | JO (Jordan) | This rule checks the postcode format of Jordan. The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits. The first indicates the region, the second the department, the third a zone, the fourth a sector and the last a unit (quarter or village). The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Kazakhstan) | KZ (Kazakhstan) | This rule checks the post code format of Kazakhstan. Postal codes (pochtovye indeksy) consist of a block of 6 digits(NNNNNN). Codes from the former Soviet Union have the same format but begin with 4 or 6. New codes, introduced in 1997, begin with numbers in the range 01 to 16. The first two digits represent a region, the last four a rayon. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Kenya) | KE (Kenya) | This rule checks the postcode format of Kenya. Postcodes in Kenya consist of 5 digits. Although postal codes in Kenya 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. The postal code format is NNNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Kiribati) | KI (Kiribati) | This rule checks the post code format of Kiribati. A postal code was introduced in Kiribati on 30th September 2020. The code is six digits: [KI0]999 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 final two digits point to the island and (for South Tarawa) post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Kosovo) | XK (Kosovo) | This rule checks the post code format of Kosovo. Kosovo started using its own postal code (Kodi Postar or Poštanski Kod) system, also a block of 5 digits (often written with a space between the second and third digits), in 2005. The codes for Prishtina begin with 10, Prizreni with 20, Peja with 30, Mitrovica with 40, Gjakova with 50, Gjilani with 60, and Ferizaj with 70. Serbian codes are likely to continue to be used in the main Serbian enclaves. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Kuwait) | KW (Kuwait) | This rule checks the post code format of Kuwait. Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first indicates the sector, the second the zone and the last three the post office box, large user or delivery address. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Kyrgyzstan) | KG (Kyrgyzstan) | This rule checks the post code format of Kyrgyzstan. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits, commencing 71 or 72. This is the same code that was used before the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union. The first three digits indicate the town or provincial centre, the final three the main post office of towns and villages. The postal code format is NNNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Laos) | LA (Lao People's Democratic Republic) | This rule checks the post code format of Laos. Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits indicate the province, the last two the delivery office. Postal codes can begin with any number between 01 and 18. Some large companies or institutions may have their own codes. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Latvia) | LV (Latvia) | This rule checks the post code format of Latvia. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits, usually preceded by LV-. The first two indicate the routing area, the last two the post office. Postal codes cannot begin with 0, 22-29, 35, 49, 55 or 58-99. The postal code format is CC-NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Lebanon) | LB (Lebanon) | This rule checks the post code format of Lebanon.Lebanon began introducing postal codes in 2000, and the new system will be rolled out over the whole country in the next years. The new postal code contains four consecutive digits in rural areas (and for post offices and government offices) and eight digits in urban areas in the format:NNNN / NNNN NNNN. The first four numbers indicate the “postal zone”, a sector within a town, or a village. The final four digits indicate the “postal code extension”, which pinpoint a single building within a postal zone. For areas with an eight-digit postal code, those odd-numbered codes indicate private residences, even-numbered codes indicate businesses. Large users (LVR’s - Large Volume Receivers) and post office boxes also have eight-digit postal codes. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Lesotho) | LS (Lesotho) | This rule checks the post code format of Lesotho. Lesotho postal codes are a block of 3 digits(NNN). | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Liberia) | LR (Liberia) | This rule checks the post code format of Liberia. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits(NNNN). | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Liechtenstein) | LI (Liechtenstein) | This rule checks the post code format of Liechtenstein. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 numbers(NNNN). Liechtenstein forms part of the postal system of Switzerland. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Lithuania) | LT (Lithuania) | This rule checks the post code format of Lithuania.On 1st January 2004, Lithuania changed from a 4-digit postal code system to one with 5-digits in the format: NNNNN. The codes range from 00 to 99. The first three digits indicate the routing district, the last two are the delivery office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Luxembourg) | LU (Luxembourg) | This rule checks the post code format of Luxembourg. Postal codes in Luxembourg consist of a block of 4 numbers (NNNN), beginning with a number between 1 and 9, and they are written on the last line of the address preceding the town name. Postal codes beginning with the following numbers are currently not used: 30,31,50,51,60,70,71,78,79,89. The first two digits indicate the delivery office. The postal code format is C-NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Macedonia) | MK (North Macedonia) | This rule checks the post code format of Macedonia. In June 2000 the postal codes have changed from a block of 5 digits (as used when Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia) to a block of 4 digits. Macedonia Post reports that these new postal codes came into general use on 1st January 2001. The first digit (1, 2, 6 or 7 only) indicates a large region of the country, the second a smaller region and so on. The largest cities have more than one postal code. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Madagascar) | MG (Madagascar) | This rule checks the post code format of Madagascar. The postal code consists of a block of 3 digits. The first digit indicates the province, the final two the commune (municipality). Postal codes range between 101 and 621. The codes correspond to administrative districts. The postal code format is NNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Malawi) | MW (Malawi) | This rule checks the post code format of Malawi.
Malawi introduced a postal code systems in 2019. The codes have 6 digits in the format 999999.
| ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Malaysia) | MY (Malaysia) | This rule checks the post code format of Malaysia. The postal code is known as Poskod in Malay. The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits specify the main delivery office, the last three the delivery area. The postal code format is NNNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Maldives) | MV (Maldives) | This rule checks the post code format of Maldives. In 2003 Maldives introduced a new postal code consisting of 5 consecutive digits(NNNNN). The first digit indicates the postal region. A 2 indicaties the Malé postal region, a 0 or 1 the Atolls postal region. In the Malé postal region, the second digit indicates the island, the last three digits the block. The Atolls postal region, the first two digits indicate the atoll, the next two digits indicate the island and the final digit indicates the ward. It is written following the settlement name. Old codes (4 digits in the format NN-NN) may be found for a time in address data. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Malta) | MT (Malta) | This rule checks the post code format of Malta. The postal code system was altered between April and October 2007. The new code consists of three capital letters, indicating the locality, followed by a space and four numbers. The first three digits refer to the thoroughfare, the final digit to the street segment. The postal code format is AAA NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Marshall Islands) | MH (Marshall Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of Marshall_Islands. Its state code is MH and its postal codes fall in the range 96960-70. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Martinique) | MQ (Martinique) | This rule checks the post code format of Martinique. The postal code of the Martinique consists of 5 digit(NNNNN). All Martinique postal codes commence with the digits 972. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Mauritius) | MU (Mauritius) | This rule checks the post code format of Mauritius. A new post code format for Mauritus has been started to rollout in 2014. The rule allows besides the deprecated format (=8 alphanumeric digits) the latest one (5 digits). Codes may commence with a number between 1 and 9, A or R. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Mayotte) | YT (Mayotte) | This rule checks the post code format of Mayotte. All Mayotte postal codes commence with the digits 976, or 985 for Cédex addresses. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Mexico) | MX (Mexico) | This rule checks the post code format of Mexico. Mexican postal codes (Código Postal or CP) consist of a block of 5 digits. Each digit is associated to a geographical area of the country. The first two digits refer to the federal entity, or, in the case of the Distrito Federal (Mexico City), to a neighbourhood. The third digit indicates an important town or city, a municipality or one of the ten areas into which the Distrito Federal is divided. The fourth digit indicates a municipality or suburb or estate within a town. The final digit indicates a group of blocks or the specific street address of a large-user. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Micronesia) | FM (Micronesia) | This rule checks the post code format of Micronesia. Recently independent of the United States (1991), it still forms part of the United States’ postal Micronesia, the Federated States of the system. Its state code is FM and its postal codes fall in the range 96941-4. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Moldova) | MD (Moldova) | This rule checks the post code format of Moldova. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first two digits are the routing area and code, the final two the delivery office and code. Codes can cover a single building or range of buildings, or a complete settlements. The postal code format is CCNNNN or CC-NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Monaco) | MC (Monaco) | This rule checks the post code format of Monaco. Monaco forms part of the French postal system, and its addresses will usually be found mixed up with French addresses in databases. They can be identified by their postal codes, all of which begin with the number 980. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Mongolia) | MN (Mongolia) | This rule checks the post code format of Mongolia. Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two indicate the town or provincial centre, the middle two the district and the final two the post office. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Montenegro) | ME (Montenegro) | This rule checks the post code format of Montenegro. The postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The code is the same as that used before the breakup of Yugoslavia. Montenegrin codes with 81, 84 or 85. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Montserrat) | MS (Montserrat) | This rule checks the post code format of Montserrat. Montserrat introduced a postal code in 2015. It has the format: (MSR1)99(0) 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. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Morocco) | MA (Morocco) | This rule checks the post code format of Morocco. Moroccan postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits, introduced on 1st January 1997. The code can begin with any number except 0. Each city or area has its own postal code with the exception of the cities of Fés, Rabat (3 codes – 10000, 10050 and 10100) and Casablanca (13 codes – 20000, 20050, 20100, 20150, 20200, 20250, 20300, 20350, 20400, 20450, 20500, 20550, 20600). The first two digits refer to a province, the third to a sub-central delivery office and the final two to a delivery office. The postal code format is NN NNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Mozambique) | MZ (Mozambique) | This rule checks the post code format of Mozambique.
From 2004, Mozambiquan postal codes (Código Postal, or CP) have transitioned from 5 digits to 4 digits. The first digit identifies one of three regions (North, Central or South), and can only be 1, 2 or 3. The second digit identifies the province (see below under “Administrative Districts”), and can only be 1, 2, 3 or 4 the final two digits indicate the district and the post office and range between 00 and 25. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Myanmar) | MM (Myanmar) | This rule checks the post code format of Myanmar. Myanmar changed postal code systems in late 2022, from a code consisting of 5 digits to one of 7 digits. The first two digits represent the division/state, and they range between 01 and 18. The next two digits indicates the municipality/town/township and the final three digits indicate the quarter or village tract. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Nepal) | NP (Nepal) | This rule checks the post code format of Nepal. Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first indicates the region, the next two the district and the final two the post office. Currently, postal codes commence with these number ranges: 00, 10, 12, 21-22, 32-35, 44-45, 56-57. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Netherlands) | NL (Netherlands) | This rule checks the post code format of Netherlands. Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as Postcodes, postal codes have 4 digits and two letters, the digits starting with a number between 1 and 9. The layout is as follows: NNNN AA. The postal code is written before, and on the same line as, the town name. The digits indicate the town or district, the letters a group of some 25 habitations, offices, factories or post office boxes. There is no correlation between codes and administrative districts. The letter combinations SS, SA and SD are not used. There should be no punctuation anywhere within the postal code, and there should be nothing written underneath the postal code. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (New Caledonia) | NC (New Caledonia) | This rule checks the post code format of New_Caledonia. Overseas Collectivity of France. French codes used. Range 98800 - 98890. The postal code format is 988NN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (New Zealand) | NZ (New Zealand) | This rule checks the post code format of New_Zealand. Postal codes were introduced in 1977. They consist of a block of 4 digits. A new postal code system was introduced in June 2006, though the 4-digit format was maintained. The first digit (which can be 0-9) represents a geographic region running from north to south in ascending order. The second and third digits reflect postal sort areas and delivery networks. The final digit represents a specific box lobby, rural delivery round or urban area. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Nicaragua) | NI (Nicaragua) | This rule checks the post code format of Nicaragua. The postal code format is NNNNN. The first two digits belongs to department. 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. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Niger) | NE (Niger) | This rule checks the post code format of Niger. Niger introduced a 4-digit postal code in 2001. Currently, the first two digits are 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 or 80, and the third digit 0 or 1. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Nigeria) | NG (Nigeria) | This rule checks the post code format of Nigeria. Nigeria postal codes consist of six consecutive digits, the first three being the outward sorting code (“despatch code”), the last three the inward sorting code (“delivery code”). Postal codes can commence with a number between 1 and 9. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Norfolk Island) | NF (Norfolk Island) | This rule checks the post code format of Norfolk_Island. All addresses in Norfolk Island have the postal code 2899. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Northern Mariana Islands) | MP (Northern Mariana Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of Norhern_Mariana_Islands. The postal code ranges from 96950 - 96952. The format of the postal code is NNNNN or NNNNN-NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Norway) | NO (Norway) | This rule checks the post code format of Norway. orwegian postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits, beginning with a number from 0 to 9. The postal code is placed on the last line of the address and precedes the town name. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Oman) | OM (Oman) | This rule checks the post code format of Oman. The postal code consists of a block of 3 digits written on the address line above the place name. The first digit (between 1 and 8) indicates the governorate or region, the last two the post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Pakistan) | PK (Pakistan) | This rule checks the post code format of Pakistan. Pakistani postal codes (introduced in 1988) consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two indicate the routing district, the last three the post office. The first digit cannot be 0. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Palau) | PW (Palau) | This rule checks the post code format of Palau. The postal code is similar to the U.S. ZIP codes and all the locations have 96940 as the postal code. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Papua New Guinea) | PG (Papua New Guinea) | This rule checks the post code format of Papua_New_Guinea. The postal code format is NNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Paraguay) | PY (Paraguay) | This rule checks the post code format of Paraguay. Paraguayan postal codes are formed from a block of 4 digits. Each town or area has its own code except Asunción, which has codes down to street level. Use of the codes in Paraguayan addresses is still not common. Codes currently fall in the range 11-99. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Peru) | PE (Peru) | This rule checks the post code format of Peru. In Peru, the post code system is known as "Código Postal" or "Código Postal de Perú." The post code format in Peru consists of a series of numbers and, in some cases, letters. The structure of Peruvian postal codes can vary depending on the location within the country. The rule just checks for the general postal code format: 11111. The first two numbers indicate the region or province and can range between 01 and 25. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Philippines) | PH (Philippines) | This rule checks the post code format of Philippines. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The last two digits are ‘00’ for areas where central post offices are located. Codes beginning ‘0’ are large-user postal codes. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Pitcairn Islands) | PN (Pitcairn) | This rule checks the post code format of Pitcairn. A single postal code covering all Pitcairn addresses was introduced in 2004: PCRN 1ZZ | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Poland) | PL (Poland) | This rule checks the post code format of Poland. Polish postal codes (kody pocztowe) have 5 digits and are written in this format: NN[-]NNN. Each postal code defines a postal area which may cover a district, a small town, a street or part of a street. When no postal code is used, a region name is required in the address. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Portugal) | PT (Portugal) | This rule checks the post code format of Portugal. The Portuguese postal service (C.T.T.) has changed the postal code system in 1999-2000. The old codes (Código Postal) consisted of a block of 4 digits, starting with a number between 1 and 9, and are always followed on the last line of the address by the town name in upper case. In 1999, three extra digits were added to this code to identify smaller areas (streets, blocks, districts, small settlements or groups of small settlements) or large-users within these large postal code districts. It is likely that you will find postal codes with 4 or 7 digits for a transition period. In the new codes, the seven digits is formatted: NNNN-NNN. The first four digits will correspond to the old postal code. Where the fourth digit is a 0 or 5, the code is usually that of a central distribution point. When the old four-digit code was still in use, large users were indicated by the word CODEX after the name of the town. Now that the seven-digit code is used, the word CODEX should no longer be found in or used for addresses. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Puerto Rico) | PR (Puerto Rico) | This rule checks the post code format of Puerto_Rico. All Puerto Rico postal codes fall in the ranges 00601-00799 and 00901-00999. The postal code format for Puerto Rico is NNNNN or NNNNN-NNNN. 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. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Reunion) | RE (Réunion) | This rule checks the post code format of Reunion. Overseas Department of France. French codes used. Range 97400 - 97499, 97701-97751, 97801-97899. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Romania) | RO (Romania) | This rule checks the post code format of Romania. This is cod poştal in Romanian. Romania introduced a new postal code system on 1st May 2003. All new postal codes have 6 digits, commencing with any number between 0 and 9. The first digit indicates one of 10 postal regions, the second number indicates a smaller district. Most postal regions have no more than five districts, with the exception of Bucharest which has 8. The second digit can have a value between 0 and 8. The final 4 digits indicates a district, town, rural locality, street, part of a street or building. If the third digit is a 0 it indicates a residence within a district. The third digits 1-4 indicate a locality with more than 50000 inhabitants. Third digits 5-6 are for other urban localities. Third digit 7 is for rural areas.The postal code format is NNNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Russia) | RU (Russian Federation) | This rule checks the post code format of Russia. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits. The code used is that in use since before the break-up of the Soviet Union. The first three digits indicate the region or large town, the last three the post office. Postal codes can begin with a 1,2,3,4 or 6. No codes currently begin with 22, 25-29, 31-33, 37, 47-49, 5 or 7-9. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Saint Martin) | MF (Saint Martin) | This rule checks the post code format of Saint Martin. Saint Martin addresses have postal codes (Code Postal) in the range 9705-9708 and 97150 | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) | PM (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) | This rule checks the post code format of Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon. All St Pierre and Miquelon postal codes commence with the digits 975. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) | VC (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) | This rule checks the post code format of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. St Vincent and the Grenadines introduced a postal code system in 2009. Post codes have this format: [VC]9999 and currently fall in the range VC01 to VC0472. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (San Marino) | SM (San Marino) | This rule checks the post code format of San_Marino. San Marino forms part of the Italian postal system. Its addresses will usually be found in Italian address databases. They can be identified by their postal code, commencing 4789, and, where written, their region, which is SM for San Marino. The format of the postal code is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Saudi Arabia) | SA (Saudi Arabia) | This rule checks the post code format of Saudi_Arabia. During the transition period to the new wasel addressing system, both old and new postal code formats can be used. The old postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two indicate the postal zone, the final three the delivery point. The new postal codes consist of the old 5-digit codes with an additional 4 digits representing the grid number of the delivery point, written in this format: NNNNN-NNNN Postal codes can commence with any digit between 1 and 8. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Senegal) | SN (Senegal) | This rule checks the post code format of Senegal. Senegal introduced a postal code in September 2003, consisting of 5 digits. This is placed before the settlement name on the last line of the address block. The first digit indicates the delivery zone, the second and third the post office and the final two the distribution point. The final two digits of the postal code depend on the recipient. Postal codes ending 00 are to residences. Those with the final digits 22, 23 or 24 are for delivery to post office boxes. Postal codes ending in the digits 51 to 99 are for “postchance” deliveries (post office boxes installed in neighbourhoods). There are no postal codes commencing 0 or 9. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Serbia) | RS (Serbia) | This rule checks the post code format of Serbia. The postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The code is the same as that used before Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro left the federation. Serbian codes begin with 1, 2 or 3. Serbia had planned to replace this code with a new, 6-digit, code, but is instead (possibly for a transition period) using both within the address block. Each 6-digit code, called Postal Address Code (Poštanski adresni kod, PAK) covers a small group of buildings or a single company. The first two digits cover a region of one or several municipalities, the next two digits define the delivery zone. The final two indicate the street, part of street, building or company. This code is written on its own at the bottom of the address block. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Singapore) | SG (Singapore) | This rule checks the post code format of Singapore. Postal codes of the new system, introduced on 1st September 1995, consist of a block of 6 digits. This allows Singapore Post to assign a single code to every building in Singapore and to allow mail sorting on the basis of sequence of delivery. The first two digits are the sector code, the last four the delivery point (i.e. building). Postal codes are assigned on the basis of the alphabetical order of the street name per sector. Thus streets with names beginning with ‘A’ are coded first, then ‘B’ and so on. For Housing and Development Board (HDB) residential blocks, the block number is included in the postal code. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Slovakia) | SK (the Slovak Republic) | This rule checks the post code format of Slovakia. Postal codes (Poštovnié Smerovacie Čísla v SR, or PSC) have five digits and are written in the format: NNN NN The postal codes used are still those used before the breakup of Czechoslovakia on 1st January 1993. Slovakian postal codes commence with the numbers 0, 8 or 9. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Slovenia) | SI (Slovenia) | This rule checks the post code format of Slovenia. Postal codes are formed of a block of 4 digits. These four digits are the unchanged last four digits of the code when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia (i.e. without the preceding ‘6’). Codes cannot commence with 0. The Slovenian postal authorities prefer that 'SI-' is placed before the postal codes, but the rules of the country from which the mail is sent must define if you do this - please refer to Formatting an international address. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Somalia) | SO (Somalia) | This rule checks the post code format of Somalia. Somalia has adopted a postal code system (from April 2003), with postal codes in this format: AA[ ]NNNNN. Given the lack of a functioning postal system within the country, it is unlikely that they will currently be widely used. The letters indicate the region (please refer to the “Administrative Districts” section), the first two numbers the region, the next two numbers the postal town, and the final number the postal area. There should be two spaces between the region code and the numeric part of the postal code. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (South Africa) | ZA (South Africa) | This rule checks the post code format of South_Africa. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The first two digits refer to a postal area, the final two to a post office. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) | GS (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of South_Georgia. All addresses in South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands have the postal code SIQQ 1ZZ. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (South Korea) | KR (South Korea) | This rule checks the post code format of South Korea | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Spain) | ES (Spain) | This rule checks the postcode format of Spain. Postal codes (Código Postal) in Spain consist of a block of 5 digits which should be placed before the town name on the last line of the address. The first two digits of the postal code, ranging from 01 to 52, indicate the province. The third digit indicates a place within the province. If this digit is 0, the address is in the capital of the province, if it is 1 it is in the vicinity of the capital, and so on. The higher this number, the further the address is from the region’s capital. The last two digits are split into three ranges of numbers | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Sri Lanka) | LK (Sri Lanka) | This rule checks the post code format of Sri_Lanka. Sri Lankan postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first one indicates the province or the city of Colombo, the second the postal division and the rest the post office. It is written on its own on the last line of the address block. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Sudan) | SD (Sudan) | This rule checks the post code format of Sudan. The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits - the first two indicate the region, the third the postal zone, the fourth the exchange centre and the fifth the post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Svalbard) | SJ (Svalbard and Jan Mayen) | This rule checks the post code format of Svalbard. The postal code format is NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Swaziland) | SZ (Eswatini) | This rule checks the post code format of Swaziland. The postal code consists of a letter (the first letter of the name of the region - an H, L, M or S) followed by three digits (indicating the post office). | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Sweden) | SE (Sweden) | This rule checks the post code format of Sweden. Postal codes (egna Postnummer), introduced 12th May 1968, consist of 5 digits, beginning with a number between 1 and 9, and written in the following structure: NNN NN
The first three digits are the outward sorting code, the last two the inward sorting code. The first digits usually indicate the borough, the last indicate areas or streets within the borough. With larger cities, a whole range of postal codes exists and only the first digit is the same for the whole city. In medium-sized towns the first two digits are likely to be the same, whilst all three digits will be the same in more rural areas. Large companies and post-office boxes may have individual postal codes. Although the first three digits indicate an area, the name of the town given may differ. There are no postal codes in Sweden beginning with these numbers: 0, 32, 48, 49, 99 | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Switzerland) | CH (Switzerland) | This rule checks the post code format of Switzerland. Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits. The initial digit indicates the largest postal regions (routing areas), and can be any number between 1 and 9. The second digit indicates the region within this area (routing district). The third digit indicates the route, and the fourth the destination locality. The postal code areas do not correspond well to administrative boundaries. Most municipalities have their own number, although some numbers are shared and some numbers cover more than one municipality. In the latter cases, the municipality containing the distribution centre is used in the address, with the actual habitation address on the preceding line. The postal code is placed before and on the same line as the town name. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Taiwan) | TW (Taiwan) | This rule checks the post code format of Taiwan. Taiwanese postal codes have 3, 3+2 or 3+3 digits, and are written after the city name. The postal code format is NNN, NNN-NN or NNN-NNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Tajikistan) | TJ (Tajikistan) | This rule checks the post code format of Tajikistan. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits. This is the same code that was used before the independence of Tajikistan from the Soviet Union. All codes commence with 7. The first two digits indicate the republic and region, the next two the district and the final two the post office. If the fifth digit is ‘0’ then the postal code refers to a rural post office. In all other cases it is an urban post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Thailand) | TH (Thailand) | This rule checks the post code format of Thailand. Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits, commencing with a number between 1 and 9. The first two digits of the postal code indicate the province, the last three the post office. A postal code ending in ‘000’ indicates an “important” centre, postal codes ending in ‘0’ indicates a delivery office. There are currently no codes commencing: 19, 28-29, 59, 67-69, 79, 87-89, 97-99. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Trinidad and Tobago) | TT (Trinidad and Tobago) | This rule checks the post code format of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago completed implementing a Postal Code system in February 2021, which has a 6-digit numeric code. The first two digits point to the delivery office in one of the 72 postal districts the next two digits indicate a sub-district (called the “delivery loop”) and the final two a zone or building. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Tunisia) | TN (Tunisia) | This rule checks the post code format of Tunisia. Postal codes consists of a block of 4 digits. The first two digits indicate the governorate, the final two the delivery office. Codes cannot commence with 0. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Turkey) | TR (Turkey) | This rule checks the post code format of Turkey. Postal codes (posta kodu) consist of a block of 5 digits. The postal code format is NNNNN | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Turkmenistan) | TM (Turkmenistan) | This rule checks the post code format of Turkmenistan. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits. This is the same code that was used before the independence of Turkmenistan from the Soviet Union. All codes commence with 7. The first three digits indicate a main town, the final three the nodal centre of the city or a rural post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Turks and Caicos Islands) | TC (Turks and Caicos Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of Turks_and_Caicos_Islands. A single code to cover all addresses in Turks and Caicos Islands was introduced in 2004: TKCA 1ZZ | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Ukraine) | UA (Ukraine) | This rule checks the post code format of Ukraine. On 1st August 1999 Ukraine introduced a postal code format which is a block of 5 digits. The old postal codes were block of 6 digits, which was that from the former Soviet Union. Both the new and the old codes are likely to be found for some time in address databases. The new postal code is composed as follows: in rural areas, the first two digits indicate the territory, the third the city and the final two the distribution post office in urban areas, the first two digits indicate the district, the final three the destination. The codes can start with any digits between 01 and 99. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (United Kingdom) | GB (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) | This rule checks the post code format of United Kingdom. The following patterns are allowed, whereby A is a placeholder for an alphabetic character and N a placeholder for a numeric digit: 'AN NAA', 'ANN NAA', 'AAN NAA', 'AANN NAA', 'ANA NAA', 'AANA NAA'. This rule however ignores any whitespaces. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (United States Virgin Islands) | VI (Virgin Islands) | This rule checks the post code format of United States Virgin Islands. The postal code format is CC NNNNN or CC NNNNN-NNNN. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (United States) | US (United States of America) | This rule checks the post code format of United States. Known as the ZIP code (Zone Improvement Program code), this can contain a block of 5 digits or, for more accurate delivery, 9 digits in this format: NNNNN-NNNN. This is known as ZIP + 4. The rule allows the following formats NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN, NNNNNNNNN, NNNNN NNNN.
Though many companies use the ZIP code as a locational indicator (for example, when assigning local state taxes for mail-ordered items), there are a small number of communities on state borders which have the same ZIP code as a neighbouring community in another state. There is currently legislation in the American senate to give these communities their own ZIP codes. The first three digits of the postal code indicate the routing zone or processing and delivery centre. The next two indicate the post office or delivery section. The first two digits of the code after the hyphen indicate a sector, the final two a segment. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Uruguay) | UY (Uruguay) | This rule checks the post code format of Uruguay. Uruguayan postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits, commencing with a number between 1 and 9. The first digit indicates the region or department. The final two digits indicate a block of houses (in towns) or a village. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Uzbekistan) | UZ (Uzbekistan) | This rule checks the post code format of Uzbekistan. Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits. All codes commence with 7. This is the same code that was used before the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union. The code refers to a delivery post office. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Venezuela) | VE (Venezuela) | This rule checks the post code format of Venezuela. These consist of a block of 4 digits written after the settlement name. Codes commence with the number in the range 1-8. The first two digits refer to the region, the final two to the delivery office. Post office box addresses in Caracas sometimes include a letter in the code, written in this format: NNNN or NNNN-A | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Vietnam) | VN (Viet Nam) | This rule checks the post code format of Vietnam. Vietnam changed its postal code system from 5- to 6-digits in 2004 and then reverted back to a 5-digit system in 2018. The rule checks 5-digit format.
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| Post code format invalid (Wallis and Futuna) | WF (Wallis and Futuna) | This rule checks the post code format of Wallis_and_Futuna. Addresses in Wallis and Futuna have postal codes starting with ‘986’, most of them being 98600, 98610 or 98620. | ERROR |
| Post code format invalid (Zambia) | ZM (Zambia) | This rule checks the post code format of Zambia. The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits. The first two indicate the routing province, the third the routing area, the fourth the delivery area and the final digit indicates the method of delivery. The postal code format is NNNNN. | ERROR |
| Unknown routing key in the post code identified (Ireland) | IE (Ireland) | This rule checks the routing key of the post code in Ireland (EIRCODE) as introduced in 2015. The Eircode is divided into two parts: The first part consists of three characters (routing key), with the first character being an uppercase letter followed by two numeric digits.The second part consists of a space and four characters, which can be either uppercase letters or numeric digits. This rule checks whether the routing key is known to us, which means it is documented as a valid routing key :Category:Address/post code/routing key. | INFO |