What is Postal codes in Azerbaijan?
[[File:2 digit postcode azerbaijan.png|thumb|300px|2-digit postcode areas Azerbaijan (defined through the first two postcode digits)]] '''[[Postal code]]s in [[Azerbaijan]]''' consist of four [[digit]]s. The four-digit postcode shows the nationwide format ''AZ NNNN''. The first two digits show the regions of Azerbaijan in accordance with the modern [[administrative divisions of Azerbaijan|administrative divisions]], including the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]] and occupied [[Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>In areas controlled by the [[List of states with limited recognition|unrecognized]] Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the postal codes are technically out of use and there is no the delivery of [[mail]] between Nagorno-Karabakh and the rest of Azerbaijan.</ref> From 1970 until 1991, when Azerbaijan was part of the [[Soviet Union]] as the [[Azerbaijan SSR]], the entire territory of the Soviet Union used the six-digit postcode ''37NNNN''. After gaining [[independence]], Azerbaijan switched to the current four-digit postcode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianpost.ru/rp/press/ru/home/newscompany/item?newsid=4472|title=Почта России призывает писать индекс правильно|date=2009-11-10|work=Новости компании|publisher=Почта России|access-date=2010-08-23|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65XnODnD7?url=http://www.russianpost.ru/rp/press/ru/home/newscompany/item?newsid=4472|archive-date=2012-02-18|language=ru|url-status=live}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Azərpoçt]] – the national postal service of Azerbaijan * [[Postal code]] * [[Telephone numbers in Azerbaijan]] * [[ISO 3166-2:AZ]] * [[Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web|url=http://www.azerpost.az/index.php?language=en|title=Azərpoçt – Official website of the Postal Service of Azerbaijan|language=en|access-date=2016-08-22|archive-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731083825/http://www.azerpost.az/index.php?language=en|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|url= http://nurlu.narod.ru/k