World wide postal codes are a conceptual framework for building teams. This list consists of a set of areas that people can identify themselves as living in so that when they are building teams, it should be easy to match up people living within moving or commuting distance of each other. Sizes are similar throughout the world and tend to map to areas the size of Canadian states (Provinces) American States (States) European States (Nations) African states (Countries) and similar entities throughout the world.
Special emphasis is also given to large islands or archipelagoes of small islands.
Perhaps this list should be renamed WorldwideCommutingAreaCodes
Codes can be obtained from sources such as the US post office the International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html and the top level domain list etc.
proposed
country postal nation or
/ area code state name
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Africa A0 Africa
Africa AN Angola
Africa BF Burkina Faso
Africa BI Burundi
Africa BJ Benin
Africa BW Botswana
Africa CF Central African Republic
Africa CG R. Congo
Africa CM Cameroon
Africa CV Cape Verde
Africa DJ Djibouti
Africa DZ Algeria
Africa EH Western Sahara
Africa ER Eritrea
Africa ET Ethiopia
Africa GB Guinea-Bissau
Africa GH Ghana
Africa GM Gambia
Africa GN Guinea
Africa GO Gabon
Africa GQ Equatorial Guinea
Africa IV Cote D'Ivoire
Africa KE Kenya
Africa KQ Comoros
Africa LE Sierra Leone
Africa LR Liberia
Africa LS Lesotho
Africa MC Madagascar
Africa MJ Morocco
Africa ML Mali
Africa MR Mauritania
Africa MU Mauritius
Africa MW Malawi
Africa MZ Mozambique
Africa NA Namibia
Africa NG Nigeria
Africa NQ Niger
Africa RW Rwanda
Africa SF South Africa
Africa SN Senegal
Africa SO Somalia
Africa SS Seychelles
Africa SU Sudan
Africa SZ Swaziland
Africa TD Chad / Tschad
Africa TG Togo
Africa TU Tunisia
Africa TZ Tanzania
Africa UG Uganda
Africa ZM Zambia
Africa ZR Zaire / Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa ZW Zimbabwe
Antarcti AQ Antarctica
Atlantic GL Greenland
Atlantic SH Saint Helena
Australia AE Australian Capital Territory
Australia AU Australia
Australia NW New South Wales
Australia OZ Northern Territory (Australia)
Australia QL Queensland
Australia SQ South Australia
Australia TS Tasmania
Australia VI Victoria
Australia WE Western Australia
Canada AB Alberta
Canada BC British Columbia
Canada CN Canada
Canada LD Labrador
Canada MB Manitoba
Canada NB New Brunswick
Canada NF Newfoundland
Canada NS Nova Scotia
Canada NT Northwest Territories
Canada NU Nunavut
Canada ON Ontario
Canada PI Prince Edward Island
Canada PQ St. Pierre and Miquelon
Canada QC Quebec
Canada SK Saskatchewan
Canada YT Yukon Territory
Cen Asia AJ Azerbaijan
Cen Asia GE Georgia (country)
Cen Asia KG Kyrgyzstan
Cen Asia KZ Kazakhstan
Cen Asia MG Mongolia
Cen Asia TJ Tajikistan
Cen Asia TM Turkmenistan
Cen Asia UZ Uzbekistan
Cen Amer BZ Belize
Cen Amer CI Central America
Cen Amer CR Costa Rica
Cen Amer EL El Salvador
Cen Amer GT Guatemala
Cen Amer HO Honduras
Cen Amer NI Nicaragua
Cen Amer PM Panama
China AH Anhui
China AO Aomen
China BX Beijing
China CH China
China FU Fujian
China GK Guangdong
China GS Gansu
China GX Guangxi
China GZ Guizhou
China HA Hainan
China HB Hubei
China HE Hebei
China HH Henan
China HJ Heilongjiang
China HK Hong Kong
China HN Hunan
China HX Shaanxi
China JI Jiangsu
China JL Jilin
China JX Jiangxi
China LG Liaoning
China NX Ningxia
China OL Nei Mongol
China QH Qinghai
China SX Shanxi
China TF Taianjin
China XC Sichuan
China XG Xianggang
China XH Shanghai
China XJ Xinjiang
China XN Shandong
China XZ Xizang
China YU Yunnan
China ZH Zhejiang
Carribean AW Aruba
Carribean BB Barbados
Carribean BM Bermuda
Carribean BU Bahamas
Carribean CB Carribean
Carribean CJ Cayman Islands
Carribean CU Cuba
Carribean DM Dominica
Carribean DO Dominican Republic
Carribean DS Saint Martin Island (changed from FS)
Carribean GD Grenada
Carribean GP Guadeloupe
Carribean HT Haiti
Carribean JM Jamaica
Carribean KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
Carribean LC Saint Lucia
Carribean MQ Martinique
Carribean PR Puerto Rico
Carribean RX Montserrat
Carribean TC Turks and Caicos Islands
Carribean TP Sao Tome and Principe
Carribean TT Trinidad and Tobago
Carribean UV U.S. Virgin Islands
Carribean VB British Virgin Islands
Carribean VS Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT
Carribean ZU Antigua and Barbuda
East Asia BQ Sarawak and Sabah / Borneo
East Asia BR Brunei Darussalam
East Asia EA East Asia
East Asia JH Japan / Hokkaido
East Asia JK Japan / Kyushu
East Asia JP Japan / Honshu
East Asia JR Japan / Ryukyu Islands
East Asia JS Japan / Shikoku
East Asia KH Cambodia
East Asia KP North Korea
East Asia KR South Korea
East Asia LO Laos
East Asia MY Malaysia
East Asia PH Philippines
East Asia SG Singapore
East Asia TH Thailand
East Asia TW Taiwan
East Asia VN Viet Nam
Europe AD Andorra
Europe AI Albania
Europe AT Austria
Europe AX Azores
Europe BE Belgium
Europe BG Bulgaria
Europe BH Bosnia - Herzegovinia
Europe BY Belarus
Europe CC Canary Islands & Madeira
Europe CX Corsica
Europe CY Cyprus
Europe CZ Czech Republic
Europe DE Deutschland / Germany
Europe DK Denmark
Europe EE Estonia
Europe EI Northern Ireland
Europe EK Montenegro
Europe EN England
Europe EO Monaco
Europe ES Spain
Europe EU Europe
Europe FI Finland
Europe FO Faroe Islands
Europe FR France
Europe GG Guernsey
Europe GI Gibraltar
Europe GR Greece
Europe HU Hungary
Europe HV Croatia/ Hrvatska
Europe IC Iceland
Europe IE Ireland
Europe IM Isle of Man
Europe IT Italy
Europe IY Sicily
Europe JE Jersey
Europe KV Kosovo
Europe LI Liechtenstein
Europe LL Lappland
Europe LT Lithuania
Europe LU Luxembourg
Europe LV Latvia
Europe MK Macedonia (F. Yu. Rep. of)
Europe MV Moldova
Europe NL Netherlands
Europe NO Norway
Europe PL Poland
Europe PT Portugal
Europe QN Sardinia
Europe RO Romania
Europe SB Serbia
Europe SE Sweden
Europe SJ Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands
Europe SL Slavonia
Europe SM San Marino
Europe ST Scotland
Europe SV Slovenia
Europe SW Switzerland
Europe TR Turkey
Europe UK United Kingdom
Europe UN Ukraine
Europe VC Vatican City
Europe VK Slovak Republic
Europe VP Malta
Europe WL Wales
India AP Arunachal Pradesh
India AS Assam
India BD Bangladesh
India BP Bihar
India BT Bhutan
India CD Chandigarh (city)
India DD Daman and Diu (city)
India DG Diego Garcia / British Indian Ocean Territory
India DH Delhi (city)
India DN Dadra and Nagar Haveli (city)
India GJ Gujarat
India GW Goa
India HD India
India HL Meghalaya
India HP Himachal Pradesh
India HR Haryana
India IH Maharashtra
India IP Manipur
India KA Karnataka
India KF Kerala
India KU Jammu and Kashmir
India LK Sri Lanka
India LW Lakshadweep
India MM Myanmar
India MP Madhya Pradesh
India NP Nepal
India OD Nagaland
India OS Orissa
India PD Pondicherry (city)
India PJ Punjab
India RJ Rajasthan
India TN Tamil Nadu
India TQ Tripura
India UP Uttar Pradesh
India WB West Bengal
India WM Sikkim
India XA Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India XV Maldives
India YH Andhra Pradesh
Indonesia BL Bali
Indonesia ED East Timor
Indonesia IJ Irian Jaya
Indonesia IU Indonesia Other
Indonesia JV Java
Indonesia KL Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)
Indonesia PN Papua New Guinea
Indonesia TI Timor (Indonesia)
Indonesia PB Sumatra
Indonesia XM Maluku
Indonesia XR Sulawesi / Celebes
Mid East AF Afghanistan
Mid East AM Armenia
Mid East BA Bahrain
Mid East EG Egypt
Mid East HZ Saudi Arabia
Mid East IQ Iraq / Irak
Mid East IR Iran
Mid East IS Israel
Mid East JO Jordan
Mid East KW Kuwait
Mid East LB Lebanon
Mid East LY Libyan Arab Jamhiriya
Mid East OM Oman
Mid East PK Pakistan
Mid East PS Palestinian Teritory
Mid East QA Qatar / Katar
Mid East SY Syria
Mid East UA United Arab Emirates
Mid East YE Yemen
Mid East YI Sokotra (part of Yemen)
Mexico AV Aguascalientes
Mexico BN Baja California Norte
Mexico BS Baja California Sur
Mexico CP Campeche
Mexico CS Chiapas
Mexico DF Districto Federal (Mexico)
Mexico DR Durango
Mexico FE Flores
Mexico GF Guerrero
Mexico GV Guanajuato
Mexico HG Hidalgo
Mexico HQ Coahuila
Mexico IZ Mizoram
Mexico JA Jalisco
Mexico LM Colima
Mexico LQ Nuevo Leon
Mexico LX San Luis Potosi
Mexico MX Mexico
Mexico OA Oazaca
Mexico PU Puebla
Mexico QE Queretaro
Mexico QR Quintana Roo
Mexico TA Tamaulipas
Mexico TB Tabasco
Mexico TL Tlaxcala
Mexico UH Chihuahua
Mexico UQ Michoacan
Mexico VZ Vera Cruz
Mexico XQ Morelos
Mexico YC Yucatan
Mexico YW Anguilla
Mexico ZA Zacatecas
Mexico ZS Sinaloa
Mexico ZT Sonora
Pacific CK Cook Islands
Pacific CQ Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific EM South Georgia / South Sandwich Islands
Pacific FH Mayotte Island
Pacific FJ Fiji Islands
Pacific FM Federated States of Micronesia
Pacific FS American Samoa (changed from PP)
Pacific FT French Southern Territories
Pacific FW Wallis & Futana Islands
Pacific HM Heard & McDonald Islands
Pacific KI Kiribati
Pacific MF Macau
Pacific MH Marshall Islands
Pacific NK New Caledonia
Pacific NN Niue
Pacific NZ New Zealand
Pacific PC Pacific Ocean
Pacific PF Tahiti
Pacific PW Palau
Pacific QU Curacao
Pacific RE Reunion
Pacific TK Tokelau
Pacific TO Tonga
Pacific TV Tuvalu
Pacific UB Bouvet Island
Pacific UI Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Pacific VU Vanuatu
Pacific WN Nayarit
Pacific WS Western Samoa
Pacific XL Solomon Islands
Pacific XP Pitcairn Island
Pacific YN Nauru
Russia AC Arkhangel'skaya
Russia AY R. Altay
Russia BK R. Bashkortostan
Russia BV Blagoveshchensk / Amurskaya
Russia CW Central Federal District (Moscow, Bryansk,Smolensk)
Russia DA R. Daghestan
Russia GC R. Groznyy / Chechnya
Russia IG R. Ingushetiya
Russia IK Irkutsk
Russia KB R. Kabardino-Balkariya
Russia KC R. Karachayevo-Cherkesiya
Russia KD Kaliningrad
Russia KJ R. Karelia
Russia KK R. Kakasiya
Russia KM R. Kalmikiya
Russia KO R. Komi
Russia KT Kamchatka / Koryakia
Russia OB Ob river (Novosibirsk, Tomsk)
Russia OT R. Osetiya-Alaniya
Russia RA R. Adygeya
Russia RC R. Chuvashiya
Russia RM R. Mordoviya
Russia RN Murmansk
Russia RT R. Tatarstan
Russia RU Russia
Russia SI Siberian Federal District (Dudinka,
Russia SP Saint Petersburg / Pskov / Novgorod
Russia TY R. Tyva
Russia UC Upper Don (Voronezh, Tula, Lipetsk, Ryazan)
Russia UD R. Udmurtiya
Russia UF Ural Federal District (Omsk, Sverdlovsk)
Russia UU R. Ulan-Ude / Buryatiya
Russia VG Northern Caucasus Federal District (Volgograd)
Russia VL Far East Federal District (Vladivostok,
Russia VO Volga Federal District (Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, Ulyanovsk)
Russia YK R. Yakutiya / Sakha
Russia YO R. Yoshkar-Ola / Mariy-El
S America AA Argentina
S America BO Bolivia
S America CE Chile
S America CL Colombia
S America DB Distrito Federal Brazil
S America EB Eastern Brazil (9 provinces)
S America EC Ecuador
S America FG French Guiana
S America FK Falkland Islands
S America GY Guyana
S America NR Northern Region Brazil (6 provinces)
S America PE Peru
S America PG Patagonia
S America PY Paraguay
S America RD Southeast Brazil (Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo,
S America RS South Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Parana, Santa Catarina)
S America SA South America
S America SR Suriname
S America UR Uruguay
S America VE Venezuela
S America WC West Central Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias)
USA AK Alaska
USA AL Alabama
USA AR Arkansas
USA AZ Arizona
USA CA California
USA CO Colorado
USA CT Connecticut
USA DC District of Columbia
USA DL Delaware
USA FL Florida
USA GA Georgia (state)
USA GU Guam
USA HI Hawaii
USA IA Iowa
USA ID Idaho
USA IL Illinois
USA IN Indiana
USA KS Kansas
USA KY Kentucky
USA LA Louisiana
USA MA Massachusetts
USA MD Maryland
USA ME Maine
USA MI Michigan
USA MN Minnesota
USA MO Missouri
USA MS Mississippi
USA MT Montana
USA NC North Carolina
USA ND North Dakota
USA NE Nebraska
USA NH New Hampshire
USA NJ New Jersey
USA NM New Mexico
USA NV Nevada
USA NY New York
USA OH Ohio
USA OK Oklahoma
USA OR Oregon
USA PA Pennsylvania
USA RI Rhode Island
USA SC South Carolina
USA SD South Dakota
USA TE Tennessee
USA TX Texas
USA US United States
USA UT Utah
USA VA Virginia
USA VT Vermont
USA WA Washington (state)
USA WI Wisconsin
USA WV West Virginia
USA WY Wyoming
In this set, 48 of the United States retain their current codes. Tennessee has been changed from TN to TE to use TN for Tamil Nadu in India, and Delaware has been changed from DE to DL so that we can use DE for Deutschland.
Hmmm - Mauritius comes under Africa? Try telling that to a Mauritian!
Even more: Do you really think, UK doesn't belong to Europe? I have now added all of the areas that were under UK into Europe
A lot of European Islands mentioned belong to different states! Have a look at the history of Gibraltar.
I never liked being "AS", but I like it a hell of a lot better than being "PP". -- Togiola Talalelei Tulafono, Governor of American Samoa
Perhaps there are a few that should not be used for anybody. Here is a matrix of used pairs.
~0 ~1 ~2 ~3 ~4 ~5 ~6 ~7 ~8 ~9 ~A ~B ~C ~D ~E ~F ~G ~H ~I ~J ~K ~L ~M ~N ~O ~P ~Q ~R ~S ~T ~U ~V ~W ~X ~Y ~Z
A A0 SA CN RU EU AU ME CH EU CA US US ME A0 CH HD AQ US HD EU AU MX CB EU RU US
B ME CB CN HD EU A0 EU EU A0 A0 RU IN CB MX SA HD EA EA MX HD CB RU A0 CH EU CE
C US CB EU HD SA A0 A0 CH CE CB PC SA A0 CN US MX PC CE MX US CB A0 RU EU EU EU
D RU SA US HD EU MX HD HD A0 EU US CB HD CB MX CB A0
E EA SA SA IN EU ME A0 EU EU CE PC EU EU A0 EU A0 EU
F MX SA PC EU PC SA US PC EU EU PC PC CH PC
G US A0 RU CB CA MX EU A0 EU HD CH AT A0 A0 A0 CB A0 EU CH CE US MX HD CH SA CH
H CH CH HD CH MX CH US CH CH HD PC CH CE HD MX HD CB EU EU CH ME
I US EU US EU RU HD IN RU US EU US HD ME ME ME EU IN A0 EU MX
J MX EU EA CH EA CH CB ME EA EA EA IN CH
K HD RU RU RU A0 HD CA EA PC RU RU IN RU CB RU EA A0 EA US RU HD EU ME US CA
L US ME CB CN A0 CH EU HD EU MX EA MX A0 A0 EU EU EU HD MX ME
M US CN A0 US US PC CA PC US A0 EU A0 HD US US HD CB A0 US US A0 EU A0 MX EA A0
N A0 CN US US US CN A0 US CE US PC EU US PC EU HD A0 SA CN CN CN US AU CH US PC
O MX RU HD US US CH ME CN US HD RU AU
P US IN PC HD SA PC SA EA CN HD ME EU CE IN -- CN CB ME EU MX PC SA
Q ME CN MX CH AU EU MX PC
R RU RU SA PC US HD RU RU EU SA RU RU A0 CB
S SA EU US US EU A0 EA AT RU EU CN EU EU A0 A0 RU AU SA A0 EU A0 EU EU CH ME A0
T MX MX CB A0 US CH A0 EA IN CA PC MX CA HD PC CB HD EU AU CB A0 PC EA US RU A0
U ME PC RU RU RU A0 MX PC EU EU HD MX SA US US RU CB CA
V US CB EU SA RU AU EU RU EA RU EU CB US PC MX
W US HD SA AU US EU HD PC PC US US
X HD CH CH CH CH PC IN CH PC MX IN HD CH
Y MX ME HD ME RU PC RU CN CH MX
Z MX CH A0 A0 MX MX CB A0
Here is the matrix of used letter combinations and the larger areas they are part of. Since PP should probably not be used for anyone, would DS, HS, QS, XS, or YS be better?
Samoa was once called the Navigator Islands. The Capital of American Samoa is Pago Pago, the main island is Tutuila, and fa-samoan is the name of the ethical code. Western Samoa is now called Samoa. ES is Spain, AS is Assam, TU is Tunisia, NI is Nicaragua, SA is South America. FS is St Martin Island. Perhaps FS would be a better code for American Samoa. Then of course we need a new code for St Martin Island. We could use DS (D. Souligia).
Also, I have not identified letter pairs for these areas:
ME Middle East
CA Central Asia
IN Indonesia
AT Atlantic
CE Central America
If there are Postal Codes established, as in US and Europe, why change them? What about the existing top-level domains?
Team building
I built this list originally to build teams. I wanted a set of areas that people could identify themselves as living in so that when they were building teams, it would be easy to match up people living within moving or commuting distance of each other. Worldwide Postal Codes was essentially a framework for building this list. -- JonGrover
Sumatra changed from UM to PB (Palembang)
Using a two-letter code to represent the set of 50 US states, 10 Canadian provinces, and various territories, districts, commonwealths, and administrative regions of both countries is one thing. Using a two-letter code with 676 (26*26) possibilities to represent a set of countries and regions whose cardinality approaches 676 strikes me as asinine.
Agreed.
The wiki could be a place where people create things. -- JonGrover
A0 Africa
B0 Antarctica
C0 Central Asia
D0
E0 Europe
F0 Far East
G0
H0
I0 Indian Subcontinent
JKL
M0 Middle East
N0 North America
O0 Oceana
P0 Pacific Ocean
Q0
R0
S0 South America
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