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The term "zip code" was originally specific to the US and stood for Zone Improvement Plan; the general term in use outside the US is "postal code".
US zip codes have two formats: ZIP (5 digits) and ZIP+4 (9 digits). The mail is actually routed using a PostNet code (those little bars you see at the bottom edge of mail, often in a color that's kind of faint in normal light but shows up really, really well under ultraviolet light). If the sender of the mail doesn't add the PostNet code themselves, the Post Office will add it internally to allow their high-speed sorting machines to route it properly. A full PostNet code is 12 digits long (the 9 digits of ZIP+4 plus a two-digit "delivery point" plus a checksum digit).
Postal codes in other countries can be anything that country wants them to be: Canada, for example, uses 6 alphanumeric characters (3 letters and 3 digits, alternating).
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How many numbers in zip codes?
There are 5 in a basic zip code :-)
What country has a zip code of 2000?
ZIP Codes are postal codes for the United States only, and have 5 digits for the base ZIP Code. Thus, 2000 is not a valid ZIP Code, and only the US has ZIP Codes.
Is santas zip code 9999?
Zip codes are 5 numbers long, and no. The zip code 99999 is nonexistent. The highest zip code is 99950.
How many 5 digit zip codes can you make with ten numbers?
2
How many different 5 digit zip codes are possible if digits are allowed to repeated?
As far as I can tell, all 5 digit numbers are potential zip codes, so there are 99999 + 1 potential zip codes, or 100,000. Many of these are not actually is use.
A site needs your zip code you live in ablerta Canada and its 6 not five and wont let you join help?
Well, if it says for 5 numbers, and your in Canada with 6 numbers, then, you can't. Because if it askes for 5 numbers, it only wants America or other places with 5 numbered zip-codes...
What is the 5 digit zip code of Uganda?
Zip codes only apply to the USA. Uganda doesn't have one
Will post office accept mail with only 5 numbers in zip?
Yes, or even without a zip code.
In what country is zip code 02134?
Allston, Massachusetts, so that would be U.S.A.Also, all ZIP Codes are in the United States or the Philippines. Other countries have postal codes, but ZIP Code® is a specific term for the postal code systems in the USA and the Philippines only. US ZIP Codes are 5 digits; Philippine ZIP Codes are 4 digits.
What are American zip codes?
Zip codes are American postal codes designed to "zip" the mail faster. They consist of a 5 digit number and then a plus four number.
All countries zip codes?
Not all countries use a ZIP or postal code system. For those that do the codes refer to areas within a country, not to the country itself. There are probably many hundreds of thousands of them world wide.
Where is zip code 918114?
Zip Codes have 5 nimbers you have 6, and there is no zip code for 91811
