Armenia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: January 30, 2026
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Armenia Address Format Guide

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

Armenia - Address Format

An address format in Armenia contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. House Number and Street Name
  4. City Name, Province Name (only outside Yerevan) and Postal Code (4 digits)
  5. Country – ARMENIA (in all caps)

John Smith
28 Mesrop Mashtots Street
Vagharshapat, Armavir
1101
ARMENIA

Armenia Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
3 Teryan St
Yerevan
0010
ARMENIA

Example 2:

Armenia Post Office
36 Tigran Mets Ave
Yerevan
0018
ARMENIA

Postal and Country Information for Armenia

Country/territory name Armenia
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: AM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ARM
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 51
Administrative area count 10
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Aragatsotn
  • Ararat
  • Armavir
  • Gegharkunik
  • Kotayk
  • Lori
  • Shirak
  • Syunik
  • Tavush
  • Vayots Dzor
  • AG
  • AR
  • AV
  • GR
  • KT
  • LO
  • SH
  • SU
  • TV
  • VD
Term to describe postal codes Փոստային ինդեքս
Postal code format 9999
Population 2 779 027
Total land area 29 740km²

How to Validate Addresses for Armenia Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

  • Region 2 column to validate City Names
  • Region 1 column to validate Province Names
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

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Armenia ZIP Codes

ZIP code systems vary across countries, and Armenia follows its own format. The ZIP code database captures the official structure -covering the correct ZIP code pattern, associated cities and administrative levels, and any regional or hierarchical relationships—and standardizes it all into a unified global schema.

Armenia ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Armenia 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.

Armenia Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Armenia’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.

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