Burkina Faso Postal Codes

Burkina Faso does not use postal codes. Mail is sorted by town and district name, so there is no postcode to look up for a Burkina Faso address. This is confirmed by both the GeoNames country dataset and Google's international address metadata.

What to enter when a form demands a postcode

Many websites make the postal code field mandatory. Common workarounds for Burkina Faso:

• Leave it blank where the form permits.
• Enter 00000 if digits are forced.
• Enter NA or the city name if letters are accepted.

None of these are official codes. They satisfy form validation and have no effect on delivery.

How an address is written in Burkina Faso

This is the order Burkina Faso's postal service expects. Square brackets mark what you replace.

[Recipient name]
[Street address]
[City] [Sorting code]
BURKINA FASO

Country reference

Sources and licensing

Postal code data from GeoNames, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Address formats and validation rules derive from Google's international address metadata, cross-checked against Universal Postal Union addressing standards. Last verified August 2026. Confirm time-critical addresses with the destination country's postal operator.