Taiwan Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Apr 3, 2026

Updated: April 3, 2026

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Taiwan Address Format Guide

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

Taiwan - Address Format

An address format in Taiwan contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House Number and Street Name
District Name, County Name and Postal Code (6 digits)
Country – TAIWAN (in all caps)

John Smith
No. 117號, Section 2, Zhinan Rd
Wenshan District, Taipei County 116011
TAIWAN

Taiwan Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
No. 30, Section 1, Yuanshan Rd
Yuanshan District, Yilan County 264022
TAIWAN

Example 2:

Taiwan Post Office
No. 173, Hanzhong St
Wanhua District, Taipei County 108044
TAIWAN

Postal and Country Information for Taiwan

Country/territory name	Taiwan
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: TW ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: TWN ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 158
Administrative area count	22
Administration area names and abbreviations	Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei Taoyuan Chiayi Hsinchu Keelung Changhua Chiayi Hsinchu county Hualien Kinmen Lienchiang Miaoli Nantou Penghu Pingtung Taitung Yilan Yunlin	KHH NWT TXG TNN TPE TAO CYI HSZ KEE CHA CYQ HSQ HUA KIN LIE MIA NAN PEN PIF TTT ILA YUN
Term to describe postal codes	Postal code
Postal code format	999999
Population	23 955 218
Total land area	36 828km²

How to Validate Addresses for Taiwan Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Street column to validate Street names
Region 2 column to validate District names
Region 1 column to validate County names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

Explore our Taiwan address database.