Postal codes in Jamaica
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There was a plan to introduce postal codes in Jamaica. On February 12, 2007 it was announced: "POST CODE PROJECT SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY".[1]
The codes were planned to be alphanumeric, in the format: JMAPPNN, where
- JM is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 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.,[2] the encoding of the post offices one week later on 25 July 2005.[3]
- 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
