South Africa address generator

Random South Africa addresses for software testing. Every postcode is taken from the same dataset record as its city and province, and the address is laid out the way South Africa writes it.

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10 Mitchell Smith Boulevard Unit 15 Hammarsdale 3701 South Africa

City, province and postcode: one GeoNames record
Street name, number and unit: synthetic

Synthetic test data: not a verified or deliverable address.

Street: 10 Mitchell Smith Boulevard
Unit: Unit 15
City: Hammarsdale
Postcode: 3701 From datasetThis postcode comes from the same dataset record as the locality and region.
Country: South Africa (ZA)
Coordinates: -29.8, 30.65 Approximate centre of the locality, not the building

ALocality, region and postcode come from one dataset recordSeed page-ZAHow coverage levels work

How addresses are written in South Africa

Layout from Google’s address metadata (libaddressinput), the format data Chrome and Android use for address forms.

[Recipient name] [Organisation] [Street address] [District] [City] [Postcode]

Required fields: Street address, city and postcode
Postcode: Examples: 0083, 1451, 0001
Pattern: \d{4}
Provinces: Not used in addresses
Script: Latin
Calling code: +27
Official lookup: Postcode finder

Map of the 2400 localities in South Africa used by the generator — Each dot is a city the generator can use.

About the data for South Africa

ADataset-matched. Each locality, region and postcode is taken from the same GeoNames postal codes record.

Localities: 2,400 · GeoNames postal codes
Postcodes: Every postcode comes from the dataset record of its locality.
Names: en_ZA + zu_ZA + af_ZA (country-specific list)
Streets: Synthetic names built from common local street words. They are not taken from real maps.

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Sample South Africa addresses

Eight addresses generated with a fixed seed. The city, province and postcode are real; street names and numbers are not.

Formatted address	Postcode
99 Mabunda Boulevard Suite 40 Edenvale 1609	1609
83 King Boulevard Queen'S Mercy 4788	4788
25 Church Street Bloemfontein 9358	9358
1 North Avenue Flat 21 Humansdorp 6303	6303
80 Mngomezulu Street Kroonstad 9503	9503
32 Gupta Close Pietersburg 0734	0734
4 Schwarz Close Unit 6 Bloemfontein 9313	9313
91 Coconut Road Sibasa 0995	0995

South Africa address generator

How addresses are written in South Africa

About the data for South Africa

Sample South Africa addresses

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