---
id: "il_postcode"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["geo", "pii", "common"]
country: ["IL"]
langs: ["he"]
quality: 68
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/il_postcode"
---

# Israel postal code (`il_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 Israel: the mikud, seven digits; the five-digit codes used before 2013 are also accepted.

- Pattern of: `postindex`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Personally identifiable information (pii), Common (common)
- Countries: Israel (IL)
- Languages: Hebrew (he)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{5}(?:\d{2})?$
```

## Examples

- `9614303`
- `961430` (invalid example) — too short

## Sources

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

## Quality

Score 68/100. Missing: second example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

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