Costa Rica Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Costa Rica Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Costa Rica. 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.
Costa Rica - Address Format
An address format in Costa Rica contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House number and Street name
- Districts, Cantons and Provinces (Use all of them if the names are different)
- Postal Code (5 digits)
- Country – COSTA RICA (in all caps)
John Smith
1122 Alajuelita centro
Alajuelita, San José
11001
COSTA RICA
Costa Rica Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
Esquina Norte de la Plaza de Deportes
La Alegría, Siquirres, Limón
70306
COSTA RICA
Example 2:
Costa Rica Post Office
75 metros oeste
Alajuela, Atenas
20501
COSTA RICA
Postal and Country Information for Costa Rica
| Country/territory name | Costa Rica | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: CR ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: CRI ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 188 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 7 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Código postal | |||||
| Postal code format | 99999 | |||||
| Population | 5 278 775 | |||||
| Total land area | 51 173km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Costa Rica Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Costa Rica addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Costa Rica, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Postal Database if you need to validate Municipalities, Provinces, Departments and Postal Codes in Costa Rica
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Costa Rica segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Costa Rica using:
- Region 3 column to validate Districts
- Region 2 column to validate Cantons
- Region 1 column to validate Provinces
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Explore our Costa Rica address database.