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China postal codes, places and regions
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Postal data availableGazetteer places available
- Place records
- 2,352
- Postal codes
- 2,349
- Named places
- 2,268
- Mapped records
- 2,352
- Shared codes
- 3
Snapshot-derived insight
How dense is this postal directory?
In the active ZipCodeGlobe postal snapshot, China contains 2,352 active place records across 2,349 distinct postal codes — about 1.00 place records per represented code. This describes dataset representation, not population or legal postal boundaries.
GeoNames country reference
Geographic context for China
Beijingcapital
CNYcurrency
86calling prefix
1,411,778,724countryInfo population field
GeoNames countryInfo postal format: ######. This is supporting reference metadata, not a postal-code record set.
Languages: zh-CN,yue,wuu,dta,ug,za · Neighbour codes: LA,BT,TJ,KZ,MN,AF,NP,MM,KG,PK,KP,RU,VN,IN
GeoNames general Gazetteer
Major populated places
These are geographic place records, not postal-code records.
ShanghaiShanghai · population field 24,874,500BeijingBeijing · population field 18,960,744ShenzhenGuangdong · population field 17,494,398GuangzhouGuangdong · population field 16,096,724ChengduSichuan · population field 13,568,357TianjinTianjin · population field 11,090,314WuhanHubei · population field 10,392,693DongguanGuangdong · population field 9,644,871Xi’anShaanxi · population field 9,600,000NanjingJiangsu · population field 9,314,685HangzhouZhejiang · population field 9,236,032FoshanGuangdong · population field 9,042,509
Postal regions
Anhui78 codes · 78 recordsBeijing11 codes · 11 recordsChongqing31 codes · 31 recordsFujian67 codes · 67 recordsGansu83 codes · 83 recordsGuangdong99 codes · 101 recordsGuangxi89 codes · 89 recordsGuizhou79 codes · 79 recordsHainan21 codes · 21 recordsHebei144 codes · 144 recordsHeilongjiang80 codes · 80 recordsHenan125 codes · 125 recordsHubei80 codes · 80 recordsHunan100 codes · 100 recordsInner Mongolia77 codes · 77 recordsJiangsu75 codes · 76 recordsJiangxi91 codes · 91 recordsJilin52 codes · 52 recordsLiaoning59 codes · 59 recordsNingxia20 codes · 20 recordsQinghai41 codes · 41 recordsShaanxi98 codes · 98 recordsShandong125 codes · 125 recordsShanghai9 codes · 9 recordsShanxi101 codes · 101 recordsSichuan164 codes · 164 recordsTianjin6 codes · 6 recordsTibet75 codes · 75 recordsXinjiang82 codes · 82 recordsYunnan113 codes · 113 recordsZhejiang74 codes · 74 records
Popular postal starting characters
Source: GeoNames postal-code snapshot checked 2026-08-18. Postal data © GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0. Accuracy codes belong to the source and are not a ZipCodeGlobe verification claim.