Almost 80 communities in four cities in Acre now have official ZIP codes, says ministry

Almost 69 thousand residents of 79 peripheral neighborhoods in four municipalities in Acre now have official recognition of their addresses through the CEP para Todos program. The officialization benefits residents of the capital Rio Branco, as well as Cruzeiro do Sul, Brasiléia and Epitaciolândia. The information was passed on to g1 by the Ministry of Communications.

The program also has the participation of the Ministry of Cities, in partnership with the Post Office, the program aims to expand postal inclusion and ensure that residents of popular areas also have their addresses officially recognized.

The Postal Address Code (CEP) is a numerical system created to organize, speed up and facilitate the separation, processing and delivery of correspondence and parcels. In addition to facilitating access to services that require proof of residence.

In the state of Acre, Rio Branco has the largest number of neighborhoods covered, with 47 locations, including Taquari and Quinze, in the Second District of the capital, among others. In Cruzeiro do Sul, there are 16, in Brasiléia, 10 neighborhoods and in Epitaciolândia, another six neighborhoods were included.

With a registered ZIP code, residents can register, hire services and receive deliveries and charges more easily, reducing difficulties faced by those who live in locations that historically did not have adequate postal identification or depended on third parties.

After assigning a general ZIP code to the communities, the program entered a new stage: the identification and individual coding of streets, alleys and alleys. In the state of Acre, the general range of ZIP codes goes from 69900-000 to 69999-999.

However, after the first stage, the proposal is that each street and even alley has its own code, allowing addresses to be located with greater precision and facilitating the delivery of correspondence and packages.

By September of this year, 31.3% of this second stage had been completed, according to the most recent update released by the program. According to the undersecretary of governance of linked entities, Lumárya Sousa, the initiative represents an advance in access to rights and public policies.

"Integrating these territories means guaranteeing rights, facilitating access to public policies and strengthening citizenship. Identifying addresses is a fundamental step", he highlighted.