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    Brazil Postal code

    Postal codes or Postal Addressing Code in Brazil are called "CEP" here, "Código de Endereçamento Postal". Brazil Postal code was introduced in 1972 as a sequence of five digits, it was expanded to eight digits in 1992 to allow for more precise localization.

    Postal Code (CEP) Format in Brazil

    The standard format is "nnnnn-nnn" (the original five digits, a hyphen, and the new three digits). The First 5 digit points the city or Municipality level. The last 3 digits of the code refer to the individual identification of localities, places, special codes and postal units, so called distribution identifiers.

    From left to right, the numbers indicate the region, sub-region, sector, sub-sector, sub-sector divider and distribution identifiers (last three digits)

    Brazil Postalcode Structure


    Brazil First 2 digit Postalcode Map


    Postcode areas of first 2 digit of Brazil is mapped as below:

    Brazil First 2 digit Postalcode Map

    Postal code Regions

    Brazil is divided into ten postal regions, which make up the first of the ZIP code numbers:

    • Region 0 - Greater São Paulo
    • Region 1 - Interior of São Paulo
    • Region 2 - Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo
    • Region 3 - Minas Gerais
    • Region 4 - Bahia and Sergipe
    • Region 5 - Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte
    • Region 6 - Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Amapá and Roraima
    • Region 7 - Federal District, Goiás, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rondônia
    • Region 8 - Paraná and Santa Catarina
    • Region 9 - Rio Grande do Sul

    For example the postalcode 05713-570, we can see that the code refers to a Greater São Paulo, since the first digit of the same begins with the number 0. If we analyze each of the other digits according to the criteria established, we will conclude that the ZIP Code refers to the city of Sao Paulo. The last three digits of the code refer to the individual identification of localities, places, special codes and postal units.