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  2. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of ZIP Code prefixes - Wikipedia

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    The 925 prefix originally covered only Riverside, California. The surrounding offices were originally under the 923 prefix. The present-day 926 prefix range only covers the southern and coastal portion of Orange County. This includes, Irvine, which originally had only ZIP Code, 92650.

  4. List of postal codes - Wikipedia

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    The postal code refers to the post office at which the receiver's P. O. Box is located. Kiribati: KI – no codes - Korea, North: KP – no codes - Korea, South: 2015-08-01 KR: NNNNN Previously NNN-NNN (1988~2015), NNN or NNN-NN (1970~1988) Kosovo: XK: NNNNN A separate postal code for Kosovo was introduced by the UNMIK postal administration in ...

  5. File:ZIP Code zones.svg - Wikipedia

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    Description: This map of the United States divides the country into ZIP code zones. All states with a common colour use ZIP codes starting with the same digit. Each string of digits, whether two or three digits in length, refers to an allocation which reflects all existing ZIP codes starting with those two or three digits.

  6. List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1] There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK and a further three often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.

  7. Postal code - Wikipedia

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    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, [ref] the Universal Postal Union lists 160 ...

  8. Postal codes in Germany - Wikipedia

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    German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits. The green lines mark state borders, which do not always correspond with postal code areas. P. O. box racks in a German post office of the Duisburg post code area. The top number is the postal code (PLZ=Postleitzahl) for the individual rack. On 31 December 2007, the zones had the following area ...

  9. Postal codes in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The zones were described in a press release of Jamaica Post 18 July 2005, [6] the encoding of the post offices one week later on 25 July 2005. [7] The four zones into which the parishes are divided does not correspond with the traditional division of parishes into counties. The parish codes are as follows. Zone A parishes Kingston: KN; St ...