Uganda Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Uganda Address Format Guide

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

Uganda - Address Format

An address format in Uganda contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House Number and Street Name
Neighbourhood/Village (in rural areas)
City Name
Country – UGANDA (in all caps)

John Smith
Plot 17 & 19 Kamusala Road
Opiyai A
Soroti
UGANDA

Uganda Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
15 Kigo Road
Mutungo
Wakiso
UGANDA

Example 2:

Uganda Post Office
409c William St
Kampala
UGANDA

Postal and Country Information for Uganda

Country/territory name	Uganda
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: UG ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: UGA ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 800
Administrative area count	4
Administration area names and abbreviations	Central Eastern Northern Western	C E N W
Term to describe postal codes	Postcodes
Postal code format	99999
Population	51 000 757
Total land area	241 419km²

How to Validate Addresses for Uganda Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes (exists only in certain cities) in Uganda
Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Uganda segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

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

Region 2 column to validate City names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

Explore our Uganda address database.

Our location dataset for Uganda

Uganda ZIP Codes

Uganda uses a “Postcodes” system, which is a five-digit numeric format, like 99999, with no letters or separators. This system is purely numeric. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Uganda has 5,654 postal codes covering 1,784 regions and 7,987 towns. This format is similar to US ZIP codes, which are also five digits and purely numeric.

Uganda ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Uganda administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Uganda Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Uganda’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.