Postal code 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 a ...

s in Indonesia, known in

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

as ''kode pos'' consist of 5 digits. * The first digit indicates the region in which a given post office falls in, * The second and third digits indicate the

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(''kabupaten'') or

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

(''kota madya''), * The fourth digit indicates the

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

or ''kecamatan'' within the ''kabupaten'' or ''kota'', * The fifth digit indicates the commune or

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

or ''kelurahan/desa''. There is an exception for Jakarta postal codes:Kode Pos Indonesia
/ref> * The third digit indicates the district (''kecamatan'') * The fourth digit indicates the urban village (''kelurahan'') * The fifth digit is a "0". Indonesian postal code zones map

There are postal code zones covering the Indonesian provinces or islands as follows:

References

External links

Nomor.net - Kode Pos Indonesia
(comprehensive Indonesian postal code database, compiled from government sources) {{Asia topic, Postal codes in

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