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South Africa postal codes starting with 56

Prefix 56 contains 20 postal code records across 8 mapped localities in South Africa.

Verified data profile for South Africa prefix 56

Based on 21 records, 20 postal code values and 8 mapped localities. Coordinate coverage is 100.0%.

21
Records
20
Postal identifiers
100.0%
Geocoded
5600
Example code
Postal code Locality Administrative path Coordinates
5600 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5601 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5601 King Williams Town -32.8833, 27.4
5605 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5606 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5607 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4

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Prefix coverage and examples

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Records
21
Database rows represented by this canonical route.
Postal identifiers
20
Distinct postal code values available for this page.
Localities
8
Mapped place names or administrative entries.
Coordinate coverage
100.0%
Rows with latitude and longitude available.
Example
5600
Sample code from King William'S Town.
Code Place Hierarchy
5600 King William'S Town
5601 King William'S Town
5601 King Williams Town
5605 Bisho
5606 Bisho
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South Africa
country · 3,920 records
All prefixes
code_index · 3,266 records
Prefix 53
code_prefix · 21 records
Prefix 71
code_prefix · 21 records
Prefix 84
code_prefix · 21 records
Prefix 98
code_prefix · 21 records
Prefix 63
code_prefix · 20 records
Prefix 79
code_prefix · 20 records
Prefix 81
code_prefix · 20 records
Prefix 24
code_prefix · 19 records

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Related prefix ranges in South Africa

Compare this range with other active postal code prefixes from the same country-level directory.

53
21 codes across 7 localities.
71
21 codes across 15 localities.
84
21 codes across 8 localities.
98
21 codes across 14 localities.
63
20 codes across 7 localities.
79
20 codes across 19 localities.
81
20 codes across 12 localities.
24
19 codes across 8 localities.

Representative postal code examples

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Postal code Locality Region Coordinates
5600 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5601 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5601 King Williams Town -32.8833, 27.4
5605 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5606 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5607 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5608 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5609 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5610 King William'S Town -32.8833, 27.4
5611 King Williams Town -32.8833, 27.4
5612 Peddie -33.2, 27.1167
5614 King Williams Town -32.8833, 27.4
5620 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5630 Whittlesea -32.1667, 26.8167
5643 Peddie -33.2, 27.1167
5644 Peddie -33.2, 27.1167
5645 Peddie -33.2, 27.1167
5671 Bisho -32.8667, 27.4333
5680 Keiskammahoek -32.6833, 27.15
5686 Middledrift -32.8167, 26.9833
5688 East London -33.0333, 27.9167