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Postal services have their own formats and placement rules for postal codes. In most English-speaking countries, the postal code forms the last item of the address, following the city or town name, whereas in most continental European countries it precedes the name of the city or town. When it follows the city, it may be on the same line or on a new line.

In [[Belarus]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Russia]] and [[Turkmenistan]], it is written at the beginning of an address.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} In [[Japanese addressing system|Japan]], it is written at the start of the address when written in Japanese, but at the end when the address is written in the Latin alphabet.

== Geographic coverage ==

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{{Further|Postal Index Number}}

[[File:Example of Indian Postal Index Number.svg|thumb|An example of a Postal Index Number from [[Ujjainkangra]] in [[MadhyaHimachal Pradesh]]. '''4''' indicates the ''West postal zone'', '''5''' indicates ''a postal sub-zone in Madhya Pradesh'', '''6''' indicates the ''Ujjain sorting district'', '''0''' indicates the ''Ujjain core area service route'', '''01''' indicates the ''Ujjain Head Office as the delivery office''.]]

Postal codes are known as [[Postal Index Number]]s (PINs; sometimes as PIN codes) in India. The PIN system was introduced on 15 August 1972 by India Post. India uses a unique six-digit code as a geographical number to identify locations in India. The format of the PIN is ZSDPPP defined as follows: