South Africa Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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South Africa Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in South Africa. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
South Africa - Address Format
An address format in South Africa contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House number and Street name
- Districts and Cities (if differs from Districts)
- Postal Code (4 digits)
- Country – SOUTH AFRICA (in all caps)
John Smith
9 Electron Rd
Woodbrook, East London
5201
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
89 Milldene Rd
Ravensmead, Cape Town
7504
SOUTH AFRICA
Example 2:
South Africa Post Office
185 Voortrekker Rd
Maitland, Cape Town
7405
SOUTH AFRICA
Postal and Country Information for South Africa
| Country/territory name | South Africa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: ZA ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ZAF ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 710 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 9 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Postal code | |||||
| Postal code format | 9999 | |||||
| Population | 61 661 507 | |||||
| Total land area | 1 219 800km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for South Africa Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate South Africa addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for South Africa, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Districts, Cities and Postal Codes in South Africa
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Districts, Cities and Postal Codes in South Africa
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in South Africa segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in South Africa using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Locality column to validate Districts
- Post_Town column to validate Cities
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Explore our South Africa address database.