---
id: "ar_postcode"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["geo", "pii", "common"]
country: ["AR"]
langs: ["es"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ar_postcode"
---

# Argentina postal code (`ar_postcode`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Postal code in Argentina: the Código Postal Argentino (CPA) of eight characters, a letter (not I or O), four digits and three letters.

- Pattern of: `postindex`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Personally identifiable information (pii), Common (common)
- Countries: Argentina (AR)
- Languages: Spanish (es)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-HJ-NP-Z]\d{4}[A-Z]{3}$
```

## Examples

- `C1070AAM`
- `C1000WAM`
- `B1000TBU`
- `X5187XAB`
- `C1070AA` (invalid example) — too short

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Argentina>
- other: <https://chromium-i18n.appspot.com/ssl-address/data/AR>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ar_postcode.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/AR/geo/ar_postcode.yaml>