Postal Code of Panyu District, Guangzhou City

The postcode of Panyu District, Guangzhou is 5 1 1400.

The first two figures represent provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). The third digit represents the postal area (a province is divided into several postal areas, that is, the mail distribution and transportation network). The fourth digit represents the county (city). The last two digits represent the post office and its delivery area. Postal code usually consists of Arabic numerals, which represents the special code of the post office that delivers mail, and is also the communication code between residents and units within the delivery range of the post office.

Postal code is a special code for postal communication to realize mail sorting, and it is a necessary tool to realize postal modernization. The ultimate goal is to improve the speed and accuracy of your letters in the delivery process, so be sure to indicate the postal code when handing in letters and parcels. In order to realize the automation of mail sorting and the digitalization of postal network and speed up mail delivery.

Postal code history

Postal codes originated in Britain. In the early 1950s, Britain began to study postal codes, and it was tried out in Norich postal area on 1959, which attracted the attention of many countries. West Germany officially announced the 4-digit postal code at 196 1, becoming the first country in the world to implement the postal code nationwide.

Subsequently, the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Switzerland and other countries have successively implemented it throughout the country. After 1965, with the wide application of machinery and equipment, the advantages of postal codes are more obvious, so Japan, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden have successively implemented postal codes. Since 1988, more than 50 countries and regions in the world have implemented the postal code system.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Postal Code.