Postal codes in Namibia

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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 View ONETHINDI Extension 3
[p.o. box/private bag]P.O. Box 999Private Bag 13678
[post office]OKAHANDJAWINDHOEKKHOMASDALUISONDANGWAGOREANGAB
[post code]120041000510011130101500210030
[only if from abroad]NAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIA

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]

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References

  1. Namibian Post Code. Nampost. Retrieved on 9 January 2019.
  2. The comprehensive handbook of the postmarks of German South West Africa, South West Africa, Namibia, Ralph F. Putzel, R.F. Putzel, 1991, page 173
  3. South African Panorama – Volume 22, South African Information Service, 1977, page 9
  4. South West Africa & Walvis Bay – Suidwes-Afrika & Walvisbaai, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1978, page iv
  5. SWA Annual/SWA Jaarboek/SWA Jahrbuch, South West Africa Publications, Limited, 1977, page 80
  6. The South African Shipping News and Fishing Industry Review, Volume 39, Thomson Newspapers, 1984, page 35
  7. Africa's Gem, Department of Economic Affairs, South West Africa/Namibia, 1981, page 3
  8. SWA Annual, South West Africa Publications, Limited, 1986, page 44
  9. Monitoring in South African grasslands, M. T. Mentis, National Programme for Environmental Sciences (South Africa). Committee for Terrestrial Ecosystems, CSIR Foundation for Research Development, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1984, page 47
  10. Walvis Bay: exclave no more, Ieuan Griffiths, Geography, Vol. 79, No. 4 (October 1994), page 354