CRESTA defines two types of Zone for each of the countries which it covers: low-resolution CRESTA Zones, and (2) high-resolution CRESTA Zones. Low-resolution CRESTA Zones generally follow administrative boundaries (e.g. province or county boundaries) or merged postal code areas (e.g. first-two-digit postal code areas). High-resolution CRESTA Zones generally follow the full postal code areas (e.g. 4- or 5-digit postal code areas). Hazard-based CRESTA Zones are no longer available. Data provided in a previous format (CRESTA Zone releases for 2010, 2013 or 2019) can be mapped to the latest Zone definitions using the CRESTA Mapviewer.
2026 Zoning Definition
The CRESTA 2026 release was made available to the public on 7 October 2026. It is based on the 2019 CRESTA Zones and reflects major changes to administrative and postal code units since that release.
The 2026 release covers 140 countries and spans 4,863 low-resolution and 247,203 high-resolution CRESTA Zones. The update also introduces new zoning for Paraguay, Uruguay and Tunisia (low- and high-resolution) as well as high-resolution in the Philippines. These data sets were previously not available under the zoning scheme and therefore fill a significant data gap.
Find below a list of CRESTA 2026 zoning definitions by country. Zoning lists are available within the CRESTA Mapviewer.
- Algeria (DZA)
- Low-Res: 58 Province (Example: DZA_28)
- High-Res: not available
- Egypt (EGY)
- Low-Res: 27 Governorate (Example: EGY_ALX)
- High-Res: 380 District (Example: EGY_0106)
- Kenya (KEN)
- Low-Res: 8 Custom (Example: KEN_110)
- High-Res: 47 County (Example: KEN_01)
- Mauritius (MUS)
- Low-Res: 12 District (Example: MUS_MO)
- High-Res: not available
- Morocco (MAR)
- Low-Res: 11 Region (Example: MAR_01)
- High-Res: 70 Province (Example: MAR_HOC)
- Nigeria (NGA)
- Low-Res: 37 State (Example: NGA_AB)
- High-Res: 774 Local Government Area (Example: NGA_0101)
- Réunion (REU)
- Low-Res: 4 District (Example: REU_9741)
- High-Res: 37 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: REU_97421)
- South Africa (ZAF)
- Low-Res: 95 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ZAF_00)
- High-Res: 3927 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ZAF_0001)
- South Sudan (SSD)
- Low-Res: 12 State (Example: SSD_GP)
- High-Res: not available
- Sudan (SDN)
- Low-Res: 19 State (Example: SDN_KH)
- High-Res: not available
- Tanzania (TZA)
- Low-Res: 31 Region (Example: TZA_03)
- High-Res: 195 Council (Example: TZA_010711)
- Tunisia (TUN)
- Low-Res: 24 Governorate (Example: TUN_21)
- High-Res: 959 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: TUN_4011)
- Uganda (UGA)
- Low-Res: 135 District (Example: UGA_101)
- High-Res: 204 County (Example: UGA_1011)
- Western Sahara (ESH)
- Low-Res: 7 Province (Example: ESH_071)
- High-Res: 32 Municipality (Example: ESH_100710501)
- Afghanistan (AFG)
- Low-Res: 34 Province (Example: AFG_KAB)
- High-Res: not available
- Armenia (ARM)
- Low-Res: 11 Region (Example: ARM_ER)
- High-Res: 42 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ARM_00)
- Azerbaijan (AZE)
- Low-Res: 85 District (Example: AZE_B01)
- High-Res: not available
- China (CHN)
- Low-Res: 63 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CHN_06)
- High-Res: 2496 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CHN_HK)
- Cyprus (CYP)
- Low-Res: 6 District (Example: CYP_01)
- High-Res: 1126 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CYP_1016)
- Georgia (GEO)
- Low-Res: 13 Region (Example: GEO_TB)
- High-Res: 92 District (Example: GEO_3823)
- India (IND)
- Low-Res: 34 State (Example: IND_HP)
- High-Res: 19367 6-Digit Postcode Area (Example: IND_110002)
- Indonesia (IDN)
- Low-Res: 38 Province (Example: IDN_AC)
- High-Res: 514 Regency (Example: IDN_1101)
- Iran (IRN)
- Low-Res: 31 Province (Example: IRN_12)
- High-Res: 469 County (Example: IRN_0001)
- Israel (ISR)
- Low-Res: 7 District (Example: ISR_JM)
- High-Res: 88 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ISR_10)
- Japan (JPN)
- Low-Res: 47 Prefecture (Example: JPN_01)
- High-Res: 1897 Municipality (Example: JPN_01101)
- Jordan (JOR)
- Low-Res: 12 Governorate (Example: JOR_AM)
- High-Res: 51 District (Example: JOR_1104)
- Kashmir and Jammu (XKD)
- Low-Res: 42 Custom (Example: XKD_01001)
- High-Res: not available
- Kazakhstan (KAZ)
- Low-Res: 17 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: KAZ_03)
- High-Res: 201 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: KAZ_1507)
- Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
- Low-Res: 9 Region (Example: KGZ_Y)
- High-Res: 53 District (Example: KGZ_05410)
- Lebanon (LBN)
- Low-Res: 9 Governorate (Example: LBN_AK)
- High-Res: 26 District (Example: LBN_11)
- Malaysia (MYS)
- Low-Res: 16 State (Example: MYS_01)
- High-Res: 164 District (Example: MYS_0101)
- Pakistan (PAK)
- Low-Res: 5 Province (Example: PAK_KP)
- High-Res: 156 District (Example: PAK_10101)
- Palestine (PSE)
- Low-Res: 1 Custom (Example: PSE_PSE)
- High-Res: not available
- Philippines (PHL)
- Low-Res: 83 Province (Example: PHL_00)
- High-Res: 1647 Municipality (Example: PHL_0102801)
- Qatar (QAT)
- Low-Res: 8 Municipality (Example: QAT_SH)
- High-Res: 90 Zone (Example: QAT_84)
- Saudi Arabia (SAU)
- Low-Res: 13 Emirate (Example: SAU_02)
- High-Res: 150 Governorate (Example: SAU_0101)
- Singapore (SGP)
- Low-Res: 28 Custom (Example: SGP_01)
- High-Res: 81 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: SGP_01)
- South Korea (KOR)
- Low-Res: 17 Province (Example: KOR_11)
- High-Res: 250 District (Example: KOR_11110)
- Sri Lanka (LKA)
- Low-Res: 9 Province (Example: LKA_9)
- High-Res: 25 District (Example: LKA_92)
- Taiwan (TWN)
- Low-Res: 20 County (Example: TWN_KHH)
- High-Res: 358 District (Example: TWN_64000160)
- Tajikistan (TJK)
- Low-Res: 62 District (Example: TJK_0102)
- High-Res: not available
- Thailand (THA)
- Low-Res: 77 Province (Example: THA_49)
- High-Res: 928 District (Example: THA_4902)
- Timor Leste (TLS)
- Low-Res: 13 Municipality (Example: TLS_OE)
- High-Res: 65 Submunicipality (Example: TLS_1201)
- Türkiye (TUR)
- Low-Res: 81 Province (Example: TUR_66)
- High-Res: 973 District (Example: TUR_661198)
- Turkmenistan (TKM)
- Low-Res: 6 Province (Example: TKM_A)
- High-Res: 60 District (Example: TKM_108)
- United Arab Emirates (ARE)
- Low-Res: 7 Emirate (Example: ARE_SH)
- High-Res: not available
- Uzbekistan (UZB)
- Low-Res: 188 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: UZB_1000)
- High-Res: not available
- Viet Nam (VNM)
- Low-Res: 34 Province (Example: VNM_HN)
- High-Res: not available
- Anguilla (AIA)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: AIA_AIA)
- High-Res: 14 District (Example: AIA_04)
- Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: ATG_ATG)
- High-Res: 8 Parish (Example: ATG_06)
- Aruba (ABW)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: ABW_ABW)
- High-Res: 8 Region (Example: ABW_7)
- Bahamas (BHS)
- Low-Res: 32 Island (Example: BHS_AK)
- High-Res: not available
- Barbados (BRB)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: BRB_BRB)
- High-Res: 11 Parish (Example: BRB_08)
- Belize (BLZ)
- Low-Res: 6 District (Example: BLZ_CZL)
- High-Res: 31 Constituency (Example: BLZ_11)
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BES)
- Low-Res: 3 Island (Example: BES_01)
- High-Res: not available
- British Virgin Islands (VGB)
- Low-Res: 5 District (Example: VGB_01)
- High-Res: not available
- Cayman Islands (CYM)
- Low-Res: 6 District (Example: CYM_1)
- High-Res: not available
- Costa Rica (CRI)
- Low-Res: 83 3-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CRI_101)
- High-Res: 488 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CRI_10101)
- Cuba (CUB)
- Low-Res: 16 Province (Example: CUB_01)
- High-Res: 168 Municipality (Example: CUB_2101)
- Curaçao (CUW)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: CUW_CUW)
- High-Res: not available
- Dominica (DMA)
- Low-Res: 10 Parish (Example: DMA_05)
- High-Res: not available
- Dominican Republic (DOM)
- Low-Res: 32 Province (Example: DOM_0801)
- High-Res: 155 Municipality (Example: DOM_080101)
- El Salvador (SLV)
- Low-Res: 14 Department (Example: SLV_AH)
- High-Res: 262 Municipality (Example: SLV_0101)
- Grenada (GRD)
- Low-Res: 7 Parish (Example: GRD_01)
- High-Res: not available
- Guadeloupe (GLP)
- Low-Res: 2 District (Example: GLP_9711)
- High-Res: 33 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: GLP_97119)
- Guatemala (GTM)
- Low-Res: 22 Department (Example: GTM_01)
- High-Res: 340 Municipality (Example: GTM_0111)
- Haiti (HTI)
- Low-Res: 10 Department (Example: HTI_OU)
- High-Res: 42 District (Example: HTI_0101)
- Honduras (HND)
- Low-Res: 18 Department (Example: HND_YO)
- High-Res: 297 Municipality (Example: HND_1810)
- Jamaica (JAM)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: JAM_JAM)
- High-Res: 63 Constituency (Example: JAM_0134)
- Martinique (MTQ)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: MTQ_MTQ)
- High-Res: 30 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: MTQ_97233)
- Mexico (MEX)
- Low-Res: 32 State (Example: MEX_TAB)
- High-Res: 2475 Municipality (Example: MEX_27003)
- Montserrat (MSR)
- Low-Res: 3 Parish (Example: MSR_03)
- High-Res: not available
- Nicaragua (NIC)
- Low-Res: 17 Department (Example: NIC_NS)
- High-Res: 153 Municipality (Example: NIC_0505)
- Panama (PAN)
- Low-Res: 13 Province (Example: PAN_5)
- High-Res: 82 District (Example: PAN_0503)
- Puerto Rico (PRI)
- Low-Res: 78 County (Example: PRI_72123)
- High-Res: 176 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: PRI_00703)
- Sint Maarten (SXM)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: SXM_SXM)
- High-Res: not available
- St Barthélemy (BLM)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: BLM_BLM)
- High-Res: not available
- St Kitts and Nevis (KNA)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: KNA_KNA)
- High-Res: 14 Parish (Example: KNA_01)
- St Lucia (LCA)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: LCA_LCA)
- High-Res: 10 District (Example: LCA_06)
- St Martin (MAF)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: MAF_MAF)
- High-Res: not available
- St Vincent and the Grenadines (VCT)
- Low-Res: 6 Parish (Example: VCT_01)
- High-Res: not available
- Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: TTO_TTO)
- High-Res: 21 Municipality (Example: TTO_POS)
- Turks and Caicos (TCA)
- Low-Res: 13 District (Example: TCA_01)
- High-Res: 45 Locality (Example: TCA_101)
- US Virgin Islands (VIR)
- Low-Res: 3 County (Example: VIR_78010)
- High-Res: 20 County Subdivision (Example: VIR_7801073900)
- Albania (ALB)
- Low-Res: 12 Prefecture (Example: ALB_01)
- High-Res: 61 Municipality (Example: ALB_0101)
- Austria (AUT)
- Low-Res: 77 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: AUT_10)
- High-Res: 2234 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: AUT_1010)
- Belarus (BLR)
- Low-Res: 79 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BLR_2100)
- High-Res: 3539 6-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BLR_210002)
- Belgium (BEL)
- Low-Res: 9 1-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BEL_1)
- High-Res: 1176 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BEL_1000)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
- Low-Res: 13 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BIH_70)
- High-Res: 502 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BIH_70224)
- Bulgaria (BGR)
- Low-Res: 89 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BGR_10)
- High-Res: 4619 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: BGR_1000)
- Croatia (HRV)
- Low-Res: 68 3-Digit Postcode Area (Example: HRV_100)
- High-Res: 902 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: HRV_10000)
- Czech Republic (CZE)
- Low-Res: 60 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CZE_10)
- High-Res: 3117 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CZE_10000)
- Denmark (DNK)
- Low-Res: 85 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: DNK_10)
- High-Res: 1090 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: DNK_1053)
- Estonia (EST)
- Low-Res: 51 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: EST_10)
- High-Res: 5436 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: EST_10001)
- Finland (FIN)
- Low-Res: 100 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: FIN_00)
- High-Res: 3021 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: FIN_00100)
- France (FRA)
- Low-Res: 97 Department (Example: FRA_75)
- High-Res: 6052 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: FRA_01000)
- Germany (DEU)
- Low-Res: 95 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: DEU_08)
- High-Res: 8169 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: DEU_08058)
- Greece (GRC)
- Low-Res: 70 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: GRC_10)
- High-Res: 975 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: GRC_104 33)
- Hungary (HUN)
- Low-Res: 83 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: HUN_11)
- High-Res: 3041 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: HUN_1007)
- Ireland (IRL)
- Low-Res: 26 County (Example: IRL_G)
- High-Res: not available
- Italy (ITA)
- Low-Res: 93 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ITA_00)
- High-Res: 4709 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ITA_00010)
- Kosovo (XKX)
- Low-Res: 7 District (Example: XKX_1)
- High-Res: 38 Municipality (Example: XKX_17)
- Latvia (LVA)
- Low-Res: 28 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: LVA_10)
- High-Res: 696 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: LVA_1001)
- Liechtenstein (LIE)
- Low-Res: 1 Canton (Example: LIE_LIE)
- High-Res: 13 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: LIE_9488)
- Lithuania (LTU)
- Low-Res: 93 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: LTU_02)
- High-Res: 16749 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: LTU_00191)
- Luxembourg (LUX)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: LUX_LUX)
- High-Res: 77 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: LUX_11)
- Moldova (MDA)
- Low-Res: 44 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: MDA_20)
- High-Res: 1246 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: MDA_2000)
- Montenegro (MNE)
- Low-Res: 25 Municipality (Example: MNE_02)
- High-Res: not available
- Netherlands (NLD)
- Low-Res: 90 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: NLD_10)
- High-Res: 4071 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: NLD_1011)
- North Macedonia (MKD)
- Low-Res: 17 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: MKD_10)
- High-Res: 80 Municipality (Example: MKD_00101)
- Norway (NOR)
- Low-Res: 18 County (Example: NOR_12)
- High-Res: 3370 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: NOR_0010)
- Poland (POL)
- Low-Res: 99 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: POL_00)
- High-Res: 20480 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: POL_00002)
- Portugal (PRT)
- Low-Res: 79 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: PRT_10)
- High-Res: 507 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: PRT_1000)
- Romania (ROU)
- Low-Res: 47 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ROU_01)
- High-Res: 14118 4-6 Digit Postcode Area (Example: ROU_010000)
- Russia (RUS)
- Low-Res: 80 Region (Example: RUS_BU)
- High-Res: 2561 District (Example: RUS_81701)
- Serbia (SRB)
- Low-Res: 25 District (Example: SRB_00)
- High-Res: 168 Municipality (Example: SRB_70092)
- Slovakia (SVK)
- Low-Res: 24 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: SVK_01)
- High-Res: 1417 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: SVK_01001)
- Slovenia (SVN)
- Low-Res: 22 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: SVN_10)
- High-Res: 467 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: SVN_1000)
- Spain (ESP)
- Low-Res: 54 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ESP_07)
- High-Res: 10851 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ESP_37460)
- Sweden (SWE)
- Low-Res: 290 Municipality (Example: SWE_1863)
- High-Res: 10836 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: SWE_11115)
- Switzerland (CHE)
- Low-Res: 26 Canton (Example: CHE_VS)
- High-Res: 3181 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CHE_1808)
- Ukraine (UKR)
- Low-Res: 27 Region (Example: UKR_43)
- High-Res: 139 District (Example: UKR_0102)
- United Kingdom (GBR)
- Low-Res: 124 Postcode Area (Example: GBR_AB)
- High-Res: 9673 Postcode Sector (Example: GBR_AB10 1)
- Bermuda (BMU)
- Low-Res: 1 Country (Example: BMU_BMU)
- High-Res: 11 Parish (Example: BMU_6)
- Canada (CAN)
- Low-Res: 18 1-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CAN_A)
- High-Res: 1674 3-Digit Postcode Area (Example: CAN_A0A)
- United States (USA)
- Low-Res: 51 State (Example: USA_AK)
- High-Res: 40765 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: USA_73301)
- Australia (AUS)
- Low-Res: 49 ICA Zone (Example: AUS_1)
- High-Res: 2643 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: AUS_0800)
- New Zealand (NZL)
- Low-Res: 17 Regional Council (Example: NZL_NTL)
- High-Res: 1082 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: NZL_0110)
- Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)
- Low-Res: 4 Municipality (Example: MNP_04)
- High-Res: not available
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- Low-Res: 22 Province (Example: PNG_WPD)
- High-Res: 89 District (Example: PNG_0101)
- Argentina (ARG)
- Low-Res: 24 Province (Example: ARG_C)
- High-Res: 527 Department (Example: ARG_02007)
- Bolivia (BOL)
- Low-Res: 112 Province (Example: BOL_0101)
- High-Res: not available
- Brazil (BRA)
- Low-Res: 27 State (Example: BRA_RO)
- High-Res: 5572 Municipality (Example: BRA_1100080)
- Chile (CHL)
- Low-Res: 16 Region (Example: CHL_TA)
- High-Res: 345 Commune (Example: CHL_01101)
- Colombia (COL)
- Low-Res: 33 Department (Example: COL_TOL)
- High-Res: 1121 Municipality (Example: COL_73055)
- Ecuador (ECU)
- Low-Res: 24 2-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ECU_01)
- High-Res: 140 4-Digit Postcode Area (Example: ECU_0101)
- Paraguay (PRY)
- Low-Res: 18 Department (Example: PRY_00)
- High-Res: 259 District (Example: PRY_0013)
- Peru (PER)
- Low-Res: 25 Department (Example: PER_AMA)
- High-Res: 196 Province (Example: PER_0101)
- Uruguay (URY)
- Low-Res: 19 Department (Example: URY_01)
- High-Res: 122 5-Digit Postcode Area (Example: URY_10000)
- Venezuela (VEN)
- Low-Res: 25 State (Example: VEN_A)
- High-Res: 336 Municipality (Example: VEN_0101)
