Puerto Rico Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Puerto Rico Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Puerto Rico. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
Puerto Rico - Address Format
An address format in Puerto Rico contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House number and Street name
- City Name, State Code and Postal Code (5 digits)
- Country – PUERTO RICO (in all caps)
John Smith
7566 Calle Dr. Rafael López Nussa
Ponce PR 00717
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
24 Calle Martinez
Guaynabo PR 00969
PUERTO RICO
Example 2:
Puerto Rico Post Office
3 Calle Luis Munoz Rivera
Caguas PR 00725
PUERTO RICO
Postal and Country Information for Puerto Rico
| Country/territory name | Puerto Rico | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PR ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PRI ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 630 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 78 | |||||
| Term to describe postal codes | ZIP code | |||||
| Postal code format | 99999 | |||||
| Population | 3 271 879 | |||||
| Total land area | 8 938km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Puerto Rico Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Puerto Rico addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Puerto Rico, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities, State Code and Postal Codes in Puerto Rico
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities, State Code and Postal Codes in Puerto Rico
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Puerto Rico segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Puerto Rico using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Locality column to validate City names
- ISO column to validate State Code
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
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