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Keep all five digits
Do not remove leading zeroes. A code such as 00800 must stay five digits.
Search by town, city, post office, district or five-digit postal code. Postal codes are shown in a large, easy-to-copy format on mobile and desktop.
Choose one of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts, or search the whole country above.
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Part 1 contains the first 1,000 entries from the Sri Lanka Department of Posts Post Code Directory, from Achchuvely through Lenadora, with one physical static SEO page per locality/post office.
Colombo city zone numbers use five-digit postcodes. Leading zeroes matter: Colombo 08 is 00800, not 800.
Sri Lanka Post introduced the postcode system in 1997 to improve mail sorting. The system uses a five-digit number to direct mail toward the correct postal destination.
Do not remove leading zeroes. A code such as 00800 must stay five digits.
Place names can repeat in Sri Lanka, so district and postcode context help distinguish destinations.
If a postcode is uncertain, confirm it with Sri Lanka Post or the relevant post office rather than guessing.
Quick answers to common postcode and ZIP-code searches.
Sri Lanka uses postal codes (postcodes). If an online form labels the field “ZIP code,” enter the relevant five-digit Sri Lanka postcode.
Five digits. Preserve any leading zeroes, especially for Colombo city zones.
Colombo 07 uses 00700.
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