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The South African postal code system was previously used in Namibia, then "South West Africa", including the enclave of Walvis Bay, which remained part of South Africa until 1994. It was allocated the number range 9000–9299. [6] Following independence, use of the South African postal code system was discontinued. [7]
The following map depicts the provinces and districts of South Africa. The district municipalities are labelled with numbers that correspond to their district code, while the metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters that correspond to their names. Further details of the districts are listed in the table that follows the image.
The first code is for street deliveries, the second, where applicable, refers to PO boxes. Some suburbs share the same postcode. Some suburbs share the same postcode. In South Africa, the term "suburb" does not necessarily mean "residential area on the edge of a city"; rather, it is used synonymously with neighborhood , to refer to the smallest ...
Code Province Seat Area [2] Population (2016) [3] Pop. density km 2 sq mi per km 2 per sq mi Alfred Nzo District Municipality: DC44 Eastern Cape: Mount Ayliff: 10,731 4,143 867,864 80.9 210 Amajuba District Municipality: DC25 KwaZulu-Natal: Newcastle: 7,102 2,742 531,327 74.8 194 Amathole District Municipality: DC12 Eastern Cape: East London ...
The district municipalities are labelled with their code, excluding the letters "DC"; for example, Xhariep District Municipality, which has code DC16, is labelled with a 16. The metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters.
Code Seat Area (km 2) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km 2) Cape Winelands District Municipality: DC2 Worcester: 21,473 866,001 40.3 Central Karoo District Municipality: DC5 Beaufort West: 38,854 74,247 1.9 City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality: CPT Cape Town: 2,446 4,005,016 1,637.6 Garden Route District Municipality: DC4 ...
Since 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces: the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. The boundaries of the provinces, which are specified in the national constitution, have been altered twice by constitutional amendment.
ISO 3166-2:ZA is the entry for South Africa in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.