Gambia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: November 27, 2025
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Gambia Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Gambia. 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.

Gambia - Address Format

An address format in Gambia contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. House number and Street Name
  4. City Name
  5. Country – GAMBIA (in all caps)

John Smith
59 Mamadi Maniyang Highway
Serrekunda
GAMBIA

Gambia Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
101 Atlantic Blvd
Bakau
Gambia

Example 2:

Serekunda Post Office
Kairaba Ave
Serrekunda
Gambia

Postal and Country Information for Gambia

Country/territory name Gambia
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: GM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: GMB
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 270
Administrative area count 8
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Banjul
  • Basse
  • Brikama
  • Kerewan
  • Kuntaur
  • Mansakonko
  • B
  • U
  • W
  • N
  • M
  • L
Term to describe postal codes -
Postal code format -
Population 2 910 762
Total land area 11 262km²

How to Validate Addresses for Gambia Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Gambia addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Gambia, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

  • Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities in Gambia
  • Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Gambia segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Gambia using:

  • Locality column to validate City names