Postal code 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 numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

s in Brunei Darussalam are known as postcodes (), and they are

alphanumeric Alphanumericals or alphanumeric characters are any collection of number characters and letters in a certain language. Sometimes such characters may be mistaken one for the other. Merriam-Webster suggests that the term "alphanumeric" may often ...

; consisting of two letters followed by four digits. Postcodes in Brunei are issued by the Postal Services Department, a government department under the Ministry of Communications.

Format

A Bruneian postcode has six characters, consisting of two uppercase letters and immediately followed by four digits (numbers). Examples of postcodes are BB3713, which represents the postcode area Anggerek Desa; KB4533 which represents Panaga; and BA2110 which represents ''Jabatan Hal Ehwal Masjid'', or the Department of Mosque Affairs.

Allocation

The components of a postcode comprises four types of codes. They are specifically represented by their

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

(), then it

mukim A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...

(sub-district), and then

villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

and post offices.

Districts

The first of the two postcode letters of the denotes the district, which corresponds to the name of the specific districts of Brunei.

Mukims

The second letter denotes the mukim code, corresponding directly to the mukims or sub-districts of Brunei, the country's second-level administrative divisions.

Villages

Following the two letters, the first two number digits represent the village code. Usually, it corresponds directly to the

(), the country's third- and lowest-level administrative divisions. However, some larger villages may have more than one postcode area. Some postcode areas may also represent defunct villages, or villages which have been subsumed under other nearby villages.

Post offices

The last two digits represent the post office code, which generally correspond to the post office of, or nearest to, the village or mukim. A few may also correspond to the function of the place, and this exclusively refers to government ministries or departments. They have postcodes with the last digit '0'. One example is BA2110, which represents the Department of Mosque Affairs, a government department under the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Postcodes

A complete postcode represents either an area or a government agency.

Area postcode

An area postcode is usually equivalent to the village sub-division; the postcode TB1741 corresponds directly the whole area which constitutes Sinaut, a village in

Tutong District Tutong District (; Jawi script, Jawi: دائيره توتوڠ) or simply known as Tutong ('), is the third largest and populated districts of Brunei, district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 47,210 as of 2021. The district i ...

. However, a few postcodes may represent specific parts of a village. For example, although the postcode for Rataie, a village in

Temburong District Temburong District (; Jawi script, Jawi: دائيره تمبوروڠ) or simply known as Temburong ('; ), is the second largest and least populated districts of Brunei, district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 9,444 as of 20 ...

, is PE2751, the areas in it which constitute the Rancangan Perpindahan Negara- and Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati-type public housing have separate postcodes of PE2951 and PE3151 respectively. Some postcodes may also represent defunct villages, and villages which have been subsumed other nearby villages. Bangar, the administrative town of

, is also a village sub-division. However, it has two postcodes: PA1151 and PE1351, which constitute the postcode areas 'Pekan Bangar Lama' and 'Pekan Bangar' respectively. This means that the Bangar area once had two separate village sub-divisions, but have since been combined into the current Bangar sub-division. A few postcodes may represent areas that are officially village sub-divisions, but are not sufficiently functioning as such. For example, BB2513 represents the Old Airport, mainly an administrative area where many government departments are located.

Government postcode

A few postcodes are exclusively for government agencies, instead of areas. All postcodes with the last digit '0' constitute government ministries or departments. One example is BB3510, which is for Bolkiah Garrison, along with the

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

building contained therein. However, not all have dedicated postcodes; that is having '0' as their last digit, some still use the postcodes of the areas where they are located. For example, ''Jabatan Laut'' (Marine Department) uses the postcode BT1728, which is also the postcode for Serasa, the village where the department is located.

Examples

References

External links

Brunei Postal Services DepartmentPostcode finder
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