Algeria Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Algeria Address Format Guide

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

Algeria - Address Format

An address format in Algeria contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House Number and Street Name
Postal Code (5 digits) and City Name
Country – ALGERIA (in all caps)

John Smith
4 Boulevard Krim Belkacem
16027 Algiers
ALGERIA

Algeria Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
13 Boulevard de la Soummam
31000 Oran
ALGERIA

Example 2:

Algeria Post Office
31 Rue Hadj Ahmed Mohamed
16016 Hydra
ALGERIA

Postal and Country Information for Algeria

Country/territory name	Algeria
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: DZ ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: DZA ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 12
Administrative area count	58
Administration area names and abbreviations	Adrar Ain Defla Province Ain Temouchent Province Algiers Province Annaba Batna Bechar Province Bejaia Province Beni Abbes Biskra Province Blida Province Bordj Badji Mokhtar Bordj Bou Arreridj Bouira Province Boumerdes Province Chlef Province Constantine Province Djanet Djelfa Province El Bayadh Province El Meniaa El M’Ghair El Oued Province El Tarf Province Ghardaia Province Guelma Province Illizi Province In Guezzam In Salah Jijel Province Khenchela Province Laghouat Province Mascara Province Medea Province Mila Province Mostaganem Province M’Sila Province Naama Province Oran Province Ouargla Province Ouled Djellal Oum el Bouaghi Province Relizane Province Saida Province Setif Province Sidi Bel Abbes Province Skikda Province Souk Ahras Province Tamanrasset Province Tebessa Province Tiaret Province Timimoun Tindouf Province Tipaza Province Tissemsilt Province Tizi Ouzou Province Tlemcen Province Touggourt	1 44 46 16 23 5 8 6 52 7 9 50 34 10 35 2 25 56 17 32 58 57 39 36 47 24 33 54 53 18 40 3 29 26 43 27 28 45 31 30 51 4 48 20 19 22 21 41 11 12 14 49 37 42 38 15 13 55
Term to describe postal codes	Code postal
Postal code format	99999
Population	46 894 119
Total land area	2 310 090km²

How to Validate Addresses for Algeria Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Region 3 column to validate City names

Explore our Algeria address database.

Our location dataset for Algeria

Algeria ZIP Codes

Algeria uses a “Code postal” system, which is a five-digit numeric format, like 99999, with no letters or separators. This format is similar to US ZIP codes, which are also five digits and purely numeric. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Algeria has 3,162 postal codes covering 2,146 regions and 15,691 towns.

Algeria ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Algeria administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Algeria Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Algeria’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.