Haiti is officially known as the Republic of Haiti and formerly known as Hayti which is a country located on the island of Hispaniolain the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, Cuba and Jamaica to the east, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Island to the south. Port-au-Prince is the capital and the largest city in Haiti. The other major urban areas include Carrefour Ouest, Delmas Ouest and Petion Ville Ouest, The official language of the country is Haitian Creole. Haiti is well known for its most unique way of celebrating their festivals like New Year’s Day and Independence Day, Ancestry Day, Rara Festival, Krik Krak Festival and Dessalines Day. Many foreigners or travelers also take part in the celebration and enjoy it.
Haiti's postal code has 6 digits. The country code was assigned in alphabets for easy finding. After that the four digits were introduced to find the department, district, municipality and finally delivery area. At first there was so much controversy over the places which were registered under the postal code office, but then slowly every region in Haiti got its own postal codes. The pin code is segregated in such a way that each of the postal codes.
Haiti has been ranked as the 143rd largest nation in the world and it has a total land area of 27,750 km2, which comes to around a total of 10,710 mi2. Haiti was divided into 10 administrative regions which are further divided into 42 arrondissements, 145 communes and 571 communal sections.
Haiti has a total water area of 0.7%. The major sources of water include groundwater, lakes, rainwater, rivers, snow, soil moisture springs, streams, water, waterfall, wetlands, etc. There are more than 5 lakes in Haiti. Among them, the biggest lake is ‘Lake of Haiti’.
There are 922 named mountains in Haiti. The highest and the most prominent mountain is Pic la Selle which is 2,680 meter high (8,793 Feet). There are five main mountain ranges and three regions namely northern, central and southern.
Haiti PostalCode | |
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Postcode type and position |
4 digits to the left of the locality name
and preceded by “HT
Monsieur Roland REMY Rue Samba 1 HT6120 DELMAS HAIT |
Coding method |
XX -- (First two Digit) ---> indicates HT, the country (Haiti) X-- (Third Digit) ---> indicates the department. X-- (Fourth Digit) ---> indicates the districts. X-- (Fifth Digit) ---> indicates the municipality. X-- (Sixth Digit) ---> indicates the delivery area. |
Address format | Each administrative division maintains its own postal code for mail delivery purposes. Having the correct code is essential to your mail delivery. Haiti uses 6 digit pin code system in which first two digits are alphabets, third digit, fourth digit, fifth digit and the last digit has different indications which is shown below; |
Examples |
Monsieur Roland REMY(addressee) Rue Samba 1(street + premises) HT6120 DELMAS (postcode + post office delivery) HAITI(country) |