Postal codes in Namibia

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 are made of five digits whereas the first two stand for the region, the last two for the post office and the third digit is always a 0.

PO Box 287
WINDHOEK 
10001
(NAMIBIA)
P.O. BOX 56383
10017 WINDHOEK
(NAMIBIA)

Former South African 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]

PO Box 287
WINDHOEK 
9100[4]
PO Box 44
SWAKOPMUND
9180[5] 
PO 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] 
PO Box 953
WALVIS BAY
9000[9]

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

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
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