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Chile Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

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Updated: November 27, 2025
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Chile Address Format Guide

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

Chile - Address Format

An address format in Chile contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. Street name and House number
  4. Postal Code (7 digits) and City Name
  5. Region Name
  6. Country – CHILE (in all caps)

John Smith
Saturnino Epulef 922
4930683 Villarrica
Araucanía
CHILE

Chile Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
C. 7 3789
4260000 Talcahuano
Bío Bío
CHILE

Example 2:

Chile Post Office
Av. Arturo Prat 607
1300000 Taltal
Antofagasta
CHILE

Postal and Country Information for Chile

Country/territory name Chile
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: CL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: CHL
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 152
Administrative area count 16
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Antofagasta
  • Arica and Parinacota
  • Atacama
  • Aysen Region
  • De Coquimbo
  • De La Araucania
  • Del Bio-Bio
  • Del Libertador B Ohiggins
  • Del Maule
  • De Los Lagos
  • De Los Rios
  • De Magallanes y Antartica Chilena
  • Nuble
  • Santiago Metropolitan
  • Tarapaca
  • Valparaiso
  • AN
  • AP
  • AT
  • AI
  • CO
  • AR
  • BI
  • LI
  • ML
  • LL
  • LR
  • MA
  • NB
  • RM
  • TA
  • VS
Term to describe postal codes Código postal
Postal code format 9999999
Population 19 672 329
Total land area 753 928km²

How to Validate Addresses for Chile Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

  • Street column to validate Street names
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
  • Region 3 column to validate City names
  • Region 1 column to validate Regions

Explore our Chile address database.