Colombia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Colombia Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Colombia. 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.

Colombia - Address Format

An address format in Colombia contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street name and House number
Neighbourhood (if exists)
City Name and Postal Code (6 digits)
Department
Country – COLOMBIA (in all caps)

John Smith
Carrera 64 C # 72 – 20
Medellín 050034
Antioquia
COLOMBIA

Colombia Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Calle 23 # 19-44 Centro
Manizales 170003
Caldas
COLOMBIA

Example 2:

Colombia Post Office
Calle 30 # 13 C 07
Barranquilla 080006
Atlántico
COLOMBIA

Postal and Country Information for Colombia

Country/territory name	Colombia
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: CO ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: COL ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 170
Administrative area count	33
Administration area names and abbreviations	Bogota Amazonas Antioquia Arauca Archipielago de San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina Atlantico Bolivar Boyaca Caldas Caqueta Casanare Cauca Cesar Choco Cordoba Cundinamarca Guainia Guaviare Huila La Guajira Magdalena Meta Narino Norte de Santander Putumayo Quindio Risaralda Santander Sucre Tolima Valle del Cauca Vaupes Vichada	DC AMA ANT ARA SAP ATL BOL BOY CAL CAQ CAS CAU CES CHO COR CUN GUA GUV HUI LAG MAG MET NAR NSA PUT QUI RIS SAN SUC TOL VAC VAU VID
Term to describe postal codes	Código postal
Postal code format	999999
Population	52 518 461
Total land area	1 137 670km²

How to Validate Addresses for Colombia Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Colombia addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Colombia, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

Address Database to validate Street Names, Neighbourhoods, Cities, Postal Codes and Departments in Colombia
Postal Database if you only need to validate Neighbourhoods, Cities, Postal Codes and Departments in Colombia
Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Colombia segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Colombia using:

Street column to validate Street names
Locality column to validate Neighbourhoods
Region 3 column to validate Cities
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Region 1 column to validate Departments

Explore our Colombia address database.