Postal codes in Trinidad and Tobago

The UPU is an arm of the United Nations and is the coordinating body of postal services worldwide.

This change will result in the following: As announced in 2012, each code would be a six-digit number, with the first two digits indicating one of 72 postal districts (64 in Trinidad, eight in Tobago).

"[5] In May 2011, TTPost said it planned to develop a postal code system in part because it is more efficient to sort mail using automated sorting machines, and in part because many areas in Trinidad and Tobago use vague or imprecise descriptive addresses based on "word of mouth and the use of landmarks".

“Such elements may be easily understood by those living in a community, but they not only make mail delivery tedious, but can also slow down the response of fire service and ambulance personnel who are responding to an emergency in the area.

Classifying every address in a geographical postal code could aid in statistical analysis of crime and health care, for example.