Eastern Cape postal codes — South Africa

Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa, made up of 8 cities.

Towns in Eastern Cape include Gqeberha, Ntabankulu, Kouga, Enoch Mgijima, Senqu and Great Kei, together with the surrounding localities whose postal codes are listed above.

• 48Alfred Nzo
• 51O.R. Tambo
• 56Buffalo City
• 57Amathole
• 58Chris Hani
• 61Cacadu
• 62Nelson Mandela Bay
• 97Joe Gqabi

How postal codes work in Eastern Cape

South Africa uses a single national postal-code format, written as 9999. Four digits, numeric only. Codes in Eastern Cape follow that format like everywhere else in the country, for example 4812 for Flagstaff.

Codes listed here for Eastern Cape begin with one of 17 prefixes, ranging from 48 to 97. Each prefix covers the delivery areas of one part of the province.

Postal codes across South Africa, Eastern Cape included, are issued and maintained by South African Post Office. Reference information is available at www.postoffice.co.za.

Addressing format

Addresses in South Africa are written [House number] [Street name], [City] [Postal code], and an address in Eastern Cape follows that same order:

Recipient name
[House number] [Street name], Flagstaff 4812

What this dataset covers

This reference dataset lists 50 postal codes for Eastern Cape across its cities, each paired with its locality and, where the source provides them, coordinates and a time zone.