Postal codes in Jamaica
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There was a plan to introduce postal codes in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

. On February 12, 2007 it was announced: "POST CODE PROJECT SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY" .

The codes were planned to be alphanumeric, in the format: JMAPPNN, where
  • JM is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

    country code,
  • A is a letter for one of four zones,
  • PP are two letters for a parish.
  • NN is a two digit number for a post office

The zones were described in a press release of Jamaica Post 18 July 2005. , the encoding of the post offices one week later on 25 July 2005 .
  • Zone 'A' parishes:
    • Kingston : KN
    • St. Andrew: AW
    • St. Catherine: CE

  • Zone 'B' parishes:
    • St. Thomas : TS
    • Portland : PD
    • St. Mary: MY

  • Zone 'C' parishes:
    • Hanover : HR
    • St. James: JS
    • Trelawny: TY
    • St. Ann : AN

  • Zone 'D' parishes:
    • Clarendon: CN
    • Manchester : MR
    • St. Elizabeth: EH
    • Westmoreland: WD

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