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. Box | Private Bag | Postal Storage (poste restante) |
Physical Address (urban areas) |
Physical Address (rural areas) |
Physical Address (informal areas) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[addressee] | Mr G. Bailey | Ms Virginia Freeman | Mr Wilmarc LEWIES | Nangula Hamuteny | Ms Rosalia Iwata | P Rossouw |
[additional/unit] | Home Loans | Poste Restante | Plot 10-F | |||
[organization] | First National Bank | |||||
[premises/building] | Punyu Complex | Onamulunga Communal Area | ||||
[street or sub-locality] | 11 Mermaid Street | Olukondo Village | Section 13 | |||
[locality] | Ocean View | ONETHINDI | Extension 3 | |||
[p.o. box/private bag] | P.O. Box 999 | Private Bag 13678 | ||||
[post office] | OKAHANDJA | WINDHOEK | KHOMASDAL | UIS | ONDANGWA | GOREANGAB |
[post code] | 12004 | 10005 | 10011 | 13010 | 15002 | 10030 |
[only if from abroad] | NAMIBIA | NAMIBIA | NAMIBIA | NAMIBIA | NAMIBIA | NAMIBIA |
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]