Postcodes used in

Oceania Oceania ( , ) is a region, geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent, while Mainland Australia is regarded as its co ...

vary between the various sovereign nations, territories, and associated states in the region. Many of the smaller island regions in Oceania use postal code systems that are integrated into the postal systems of larger countries they are territories or associates of.

American states, territories, and states of association

In addition to the

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State of Hawai'i, there are two

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, one commonwealth, and three freely associated states within Oceania that are administered by the

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(U.S.P.S.). All of these places use zip codes that start with the prefixes 967, 968, or 969. Standard USPS domestic rates apply to mail between the United States and these places. *Within the State of Hawai'i (postal abbreviation HI), zip code prefix 968 is generally reserved for Urban

Honolulu Honolulu ( ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the Consolidated city-county, consolidated City and County of Honol ...

, with all other areas prefixed 967 (shared with American Samoa). *Within the U.S. Territories,

American Samoa American Samoa is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. Centered on , it is southeast of the island count ...

(postal abbreviation AS) uses zip code 96799, and

Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...

(postal abbreviation GU) uses zip codes in the range 96910–96932. *Each major island of the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.Lin, Tom C.W.Amer ...

(postal abbreviation MP) has its own zip code in the 96950-96952 range. *The nominally independent countries governed by the Compact of Free Association with the United States are also fully integrated into the U.S. Postal Service: The

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (, abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a region of Oceania. The federation encompasses the majority of the Caroline Islands (excluding Palau) and consists of four Admin ...

(postal abbreviation FM), the

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory consists of 29 c ...

(postal abbreviation MH), and

Palau Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands ...

(postal abbreviation PW). Palau's abbreviation is derived from the word "Pelew", an old spelling for the archipelago. Two ZIP codes are used within Palau, with 96939 applying to the entire city of

Ngerulmud Ngerulmud () is the seat of government of the Republic of Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It replaced Koror City as a capital in 2006. The settlement is located in the state of Melekeok on Babeldaob, the country's largest island ...

, and 96940 referring to all other parts of Palau.

Australia

Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the

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and are now managed by

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, and are published in booklets available from

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s or online from the Australia Post website.

Postcodes A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal ...

in Australia have four digits and are placed at the end of the Australian address.

French overseas territories

There are three French Overseas Départements or Territories in Oceania that are integrated into the postal code system of France:

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

, and

Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (), is a French island territorial collectivity, collectivity in the Oceania, South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga t ...

. Like Overseas Départements and Territories around the world, the

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uses 3-digit codes to refer to these places: 987 for French Polynesia, 988 for New Caledonia, and 986 for Wallis and Futuna.

New Zealand

Pitcairn Islands

The Pitcairn Islands is integrated into the postal code system of the United Kingdom.

References

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