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Brazil Issues Postal Codes to 12,348 Informal Communities, Reaching 16.39 Million

The next phase focuses on detailed street mapping in 300 areas with Correios service posts slated for 100 favelas.

Overview

  • The rollout spans 656 municipalities under CEP Para Todos, a partnership between the Ministry of Cities and Correios launched in 2024.
  • Nationwide, 72.9% of the newly covered 16.39 million residents are black or brown, underscoring unequal access to formal addresses.
  • In the Federal District, 198,769 residents were registered for CEPs, with 75% identifying as black or brown.
  • Complementary work is creating street-level codes for roads, alleys and passages in 300 communities, with 765 codes generated so far.
  • IBGE flags about 280,000 addresses with fragile addressing in favelas and urban communities, affecting roughly 870,000 people who still need attention.