Postal codes in Namibia explained

After 28 years without a postal code system in Namibia, the national postal service provider NamPost introduced new postal codes in December 2018.[1]

They consist of five digits, where the first two indicate the region, the last two the post office and the third digit is always a 0.

Address format examples

Details
(as variables)		P.O. BoxPrivate BagPostal Storage
(poste restante)		Physical Address
(urban areas)		Physical Address
(rural areas)		Physical Address
(informal areas)
[addressee]Mr G. BaileyMs Virginia FreemanMr Wilmarc LEWIESNangula HamutenyMs Rosalia IwataP Rossouw
[additional/unit]Home LoansPoste RestantePlot 10-F
[organization]First National Bank
[premises/building]Punyu ComplexOnamulunga Communal Area
[street or sub-locality]11 Mermaid StreetOlukondo VillageSection 13
[locality]Ocean ViewOnethindiExtension 3
[p.o. box/private bag]P.O. Box 999Private Bag 13678
[post office]OKAHANDJAWINDHOEKKHOMASDALUISONDANGWAGOREANGAB
[post code]120041000510011130101500210030
[only if from abroad]NAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIA

ERONGO REGION

HARDAP REGION

KAVANGO EAST

KAVANGO WEST

KHOMAS REGION

KUNENE REGION

OHANGWENA REGION

OMAHEKE REGION

OMUSATI REGION

OSHANA REGION

OSHIKOTO REGION

OTJOZONDJUPA REGION

ZAMBEZI REGION

//KARAS REGION

Former South West Africa post codes

Before independence in 1990, when the country was under South African administration, it formed part of that country's post code system, but following independence, use of post codes was discontinued.[2] South West Africa, including the enclave of Walvis Bay, was allocated the number range 9000–9299.[3]

P.O. Box 287 WINDHOEK 9100[4]

P.O. Box 44 SWAKOPMUND 9180[5]

P.O. Box 779 WALVIS BAY 9190[6]

However, the code 9000 was commonly used for all addresses for mail from or via South Africa.

Private Bag 13267 WINDHOEK 9000[7]

Private Bag 5017 SWAKOPMUND 9000[8]

P.O. Box 953 WALVIS BAY 9000[9]

Walvis Bay remained under South African administration until 1994.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nampost.com.na/uploads/documents/cd93d1d6a58287b5b1e5739815c6c628baa1e657.pdf Namibian Post Code. Nampost.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=1c63AAAAIAAJ&q=%22postal+codes%22 The comprehensive handbook of the postmarks of German South West Africa, South West Africa, Namibia
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=rMtBAAAAYAAJ&q=9000 South African Panorama – Volume 22
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=u_MuAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Windhoek+9100%22 South West Africa & Walvis Bay – Suidwes-Afrika & Walvisbaai
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=fAZzAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Swakopmund+9180%22+%22PO+Box%22 SWA Annual/SWA Jaarboek/SWA Jahrbuch
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=UJS3AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Walvis+Bay+9190%22 The South African Shipping News and Fishing Industry Review, Volume 39
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=wHUKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Windhoek+9000%22 Africa's Gem
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=h_IuAQAAIAAJ&q=%22swakopmund+9000%22 SWA Annual
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=cd1EAQAAIAAJ&q=%22walvis+bay+9000%22 Monitoring in South African grasslands
  10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40572467.pdf Walvis Bay: exclave no more

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