AfriGIS Data Catalogue

AfriGIS Postal Code Regions

  
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Dataset Description & Features:

Description

This dataset is a spatial representation of official postal code tables supplied by the South African Post Office. Suburbs with the same postal code are merged to form postal code regions. As registered Postal Address Management Service Supplier (PAMSS), AfriGIS receives the latest postal code table each month. This spatial dataset includes postal region boundaries for both box and street deliveries.

Key Features:

  • Based on the AfriGIS Suburbs.
  • Updates from the Post Office are used to update the dataset on a quarterly basis.
  • This dataset can be used to geocode by postal code only.

Technical

Source      : South Africa Post Office and AfriGIS Suburbs
Format      : TAB, DBD, CDF, SHP, ORACLE
Projection  : Longitude / Latitude (WGS84)