What is ✉ Zip code in Nigeria?

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What is zip code?

Zone Improvement Plan codes is a system of postal codes used by the US Postal Service since the early 1960s. Zip codes are used for faster sorting of mail and delivery. Originally they consisted of five digits. But in the 1980s these codes were expanded to nine digits, which are written with a hyphen – XXXXX-YYYY. For instance, 25436-7543.

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The US Postal Service began to use postal codes in large cities back in 1943 when the postal address was recorded as follows:

Mr. John Walsh

5364 Epiphenomenal Avenue

Minneapolis 18, Minnesota

The number 18 denoted the number of the postal district within the city limits. By the early 1960s, there was a need for a more comprehensive system of postal codes. A new system was adopted in a test mode throughout the United States on July 1, 1963. The “father” of Zip codes is Robert Moon – a postal worker. It was Moon who proposed a new index system back in 1944 when he worked as a postal inspector.

Now you can see that Zip codes apply only to the US. In all other countries, postal codes are used.

Here’s the deal:

All countries use these codes for the same purpose – for mailing.

Nigeria Zip code

So, Zip codes are used in the United States. Postal codes are used in other countries including Nigeria. The USPS has codes for overseas countries which are used during handling deliveries. And these codes are equivalent to the Zip codes used within the United States. Nigeria’s zip code is 00176-0000.

Nigeria Zip codes are organized by the Nigerian Postal Service. The country is divided into nine regions. Each region code consists of the first numeral.

Zip code is a mandatory part of filling out the forms of any online application. When specifying the Zip code for Nigeria, many people do it wrong. They fill 234 as Nigeria Zip Code. It is not right. People think it is the international dialing code for Nigerian phone numbers. But when filling out the postal code for Nigeria you should use these codes:

- 110001;

- 23401;

- 00176.

All these codes should work. This is a list of all postal codes for different states in Nigeria.

Nigeria Zip codes list

Here you can see the list of Nigeria’s post codes:

1. Abuja postal code – 900001.

2. Abia Statepostal code – 440001

3. Adamawa State postal code – 640001

4. Akwa-Ibom State postal code – 520001

5. Anambra State postal code – 420001

6. Bauchi State postal code – 740001

7. Borno State postal code - 600001

8. Delta State postal code - 320001

9. Edo State postal code - 300001

10. Enugu State postal code - 400001

11. Imo State postal code - 460001

12. Jigawa State postal code - 720001

13. Kano State postal code - 700001

14. Kaduna State postal code - 800001

15. Katsina State postal code - 820001

16. Kebbi State postal code - 860001

17. Kogi State postal code - 260001

18. Kwara State postal code - 240001

19. Lagos (Island) postcode - 101001

20. Lagos State (Mainland) postal code - 100001

21. Niger State postal code - 920001

22. Ogun State postal code - 110001

23. Ondo State postal code - 340001

24. Osun State postal code - 230001

25. Oyo State postal code - 200001

26. Plateau State postal code - 930001

27. Rivers State postal code - 500001

28. Sokoto State postal code - 840001

29. Taraba State postal code - 660001

30. Yobe State postal code - 320001

31. Ebonyi State postal code - 840001

We think there is nothing complicated here. Now you know the right Zip code of Nigeria. Just remember this information and don’t make mistakes.