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[[File:100 9889.JPG|thumb|350px|right|A [[street name|street]]<nowiki/> sign indicating a Brazilian Postal Code (13010-111) at its bottom, in [[Campinas]].]]
{{short description|Brazilian postal code system commonly known as CEP}}
[[File:100 9889.JPG|thumb|350px|right|A [[street name|street]] sign indicating a Brazilian Postal Code (13010-111) at its bottom, in [[Campinas]].]]
'''''Código de Endereçamento Postal''''' (Postal Addressing Code) is the [[Brazil]]ian [[Postal code]] system commonly known as '''CEP'''. Introduced in 1972 as a sequence of five digits, it was expanded to eight digits in 1992 to allow for more precise localization. The standard format is "nnnnn-nnn" (the original five digits, a hyphen, and the new three digits).
'''''Código de Endereçamento Postal''''' (Postal Addressing Code) is the [[Brazil]]ian [[postal code]] system commonly known as '''CEP'''. Introduced in 1972 as a sequence of five digits, it was expanded to eight digits in 1992 to allow for more precise localization. The standard format is "nnnnn-nnn" (the original five digits, a hyphen, and the new three digits).


Most cities with population around 100,000 and above have a CEP assigned to every public place and to some high-occupancy private spaces, like major commercial buildings and large residential condos. Small towns are assigned a general 5-digit code followed by the suffix '''-000'''.
Most cities with population around 100,000 and above have a CEP assigned to every public place and to some high-occupancy private spaces, like major commercial buildings and large residential condos. Small towns are assigned a general 5-digit code followed by the suffix '''-000'''.


The complete postal code database, known as DNE, contains more than 900,000 codes (including streets, neighborhoods, cities and Federated state names). Initially it was freely available at the Brazilian post office website, but after receiving various enhancements it is now a paid service called [http://www2.correios.com.br/eng/sys/cep/default.cfm]. It comprises:
The complete postal code database, known as DNE, contains more than 900,000 codes (including streets, neighborhoods, cities and Federated state names). Initially it was freely available at the Brazilian post office website, but after receiving various enhancements it is now a paid service called [http://www.correios.com.br/english/correios-a-to-z/e-dne e-DNE]. It comprises:


* Official names of all streets in all the capital cities and in 320 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants;
* Official names of all streets in all the capital cities and in 320 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants;
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* All district codes according to [[IBGE]];
* All district codes according to [[IBGE]];
* CEPs of Large Users;
* CEPs of Large Users;

Individual addresses or CEPs can still be searched for free at the Correios website (link below).


== Postal areas ==
== Postal areas ==
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* 5xxxx: [[Pernambuco]], [[Alagoas]], [[Paraíba]] and [[Rio Grande do Norte]]
* 5xxxx: [[Pernambuco]], [[Alagoas]], [[Paraíba]] and [[Rio Grande do Norte]]
* 6xxxx: [[Ceará]], [[Piauí]], [[Maranhão]], [[Pará]], [[Amapá]], [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], [[Roraima]] and [[Acre (state)|Acre]]
* 6xxxx: [[Ceará]], [[Piauí]], [[Maranhão]], [[Pará]], [[Amapá]], [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], [[Roraima]] and [[Acre (state)|Acre]]
* 7xxxx: [[Brazilian Federal District|Distrito Federal (Federal District)]], [[Goiás]], [[Tocantins]], [[Rondônia]], [[Mato Grosso]] and [[Mato Grosso do Sul]]
* 7xxxx: [[Federal District (Brazil)|Distrito Federal]], [[Goiás]], [[Tocantins]], [[Rondônia]], [[Mato Grosso]] and [[Mato Grosso do Sul]]
* 8xxxx: [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]] and [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]]
* 8xxxx: [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]] and [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]]
* 9xxxx: [[Rio Grande do Sul]]
* 9xxxx: [[Rio Grande do Sul]]
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or
or
{|

Rua Remanso, 35 <br />
!Rua Remanso, 35
!(street and house number)
Tingui <br />
|-
Rio de Janeiro - RJ <br />
|Tingui
23080-060
|(borough/neighborhood)
|-
|Rio de Janeiro - RJ
|(City and state code)
|-
|23080-060
|(CEP)
|}


== See also==
== See also==
* [[Postal code]]
* [[List of postal codes in Brazil]]


==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website}} (in Portuguese, Spanish and English)
*{{official website}} (in Portuguese, Spanish and English)
*Correios [http://www.buscacep.correios.com.br/servicos/dnec/menuAction.do?Metodo=menuEndereco Address Search tool] (in Portuguese)
*Correios [http://www.buscacep.correios.com.br/sistemas/buscacep/buscaCepEndereco.cfm Address Search tool] (in Portuguese)




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Latest revision as of 18:37, 18 January 2024

A street sign indicating a Brazilian Postal Code (13010-111) at its bottom, in Campinas.

Código de Endereçamento Postal (Postal Addressing Code) is the Brazilian postal code system commonly known as CEP. Introduced in 1972 as a sequence of five digits, it was expanded to eight digits in 1992 to allow for more precise localization. The standard format is "nnnnn-nnn" (the original five digits, a hyphen, and the new three digits).

Most cities with population around 100,000 and above have a CEP assigned to every public place and to some high-occupancy private spaces, like major commercial buildings and large residential condos. Small towns are assigned a general 5-digit code followed by the suffix -000.

The complete postal code database, known as DNE, contains more than 900,000 codes (including streets, neighborhoods, cities and Federated state names). Initially it was freely available at the Brazilian post office website, but after receiving various enhancements it is now a paid service called e-DNE. It comprises:

  • Official names of all streets in all the capital cities and in 320 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants;
  • General 5-digit CEPs of all smaller cities in the 5,565 districts of the country;
  • Promotional CEPs;
  • CEPs of all communitarian PO boxes;
  • CEPs of specific units in a street;
  • CEPs of the Postal Units;
  • All district codes according to IBGE;
  • CEPs of Large Users;

Postal areas

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2-digit postcode map of Brazil

The digits have the same function since 1970: to locate a region, state, county, district, neighborhood or street. Brazil was divided into ten postal areas, ranging from 0 to 9, counting counter-clockwise from the state of São Paulo.

Currently the lowest postal code is 01001-000 and the highest one is 99990-970.

Address structure

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Correios, Brazil's mail service, requests (but does not require) that the code be placed in the last line of the address. The acronym CEP is sometimes placed before the code, e.g. CEP 29145-586; however this practice is discouraged by the Correios, as it may cause reading errors in the automatic sorting machines.

Valid examples for mailing in Brazil are:

Fulano da Silva (recipient name)
Rua Governador Roberto Silveira, 108 (street, number)
Centro (borough)
Macaé - RJ (city - state code)
27910-050 (CEP)

or

Rua Remanso, 35 (street and house number)
Tingui (borough/neighborhood)
Rio de Janeiro - RJ (City and state code)
23080-060 (CEP)

See also

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