AB postcode area

Aberdeen postcode area
AB
Postcode area	AB
Postcode area name	Aberdeen
Post towns	24
Postcode districts	40
Postcode sectors	176
Postcodes (live)	16,576
Postcodes (total)	37,813
Statistics as at February 2012

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The AB postcode area, also known as the Aberdeen postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Aberdeen, Aberlour, Aboyne, Alford, Ballater, Ballindalloch, Banchory, Banff, Buckie, Ellon, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Insch, Inverurie, Keith, Laurencekirk, Macduff, Milltimber, Peterculter, Peterhead, Portlethen, Stonehaven, Strathdon, Turriff and Westhill in Scotland.

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Originally, only postcode district numbers AB1 to AB5 were used, but in August 1990 the area was recoded to allocate a separate district number to each Post Town. At the same time, the postcode districts IV33, IV34 and IV35 were recoded as part of AB38.

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