Panama Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Feb 2, 2026

Updated: February 2, 2026

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Panama Address Format Guide

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

Panama - Address Format

An address format in Panama contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street Name and House Number
City Name and Province Name (if differs from City Name)
Country – PANAMA (in all caps)

John Smith
Calle 58 Este
Panamá
PANAMA

Panama Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
1ra Nte 124-19
La Concepción, Provincia de Chiriquí
PANAMA

Example 2:

Panama Post Office
Manzana 060101 23-5
Chitré, Provincia de Herrera
PANAMA

Postal and Country Information for Panama

Country/territory name	Panama
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PA ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PAN ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 591
Administrative area count	16
Administration area names and abbreviations	Bocas del Toro Chiriqui Cocle Colon Darien Herrera Los Santos Panama Panama Oeste Veraguas Embera Guna Yala Naso Tjer Di Ngabe Bugle	1 4 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 9 EM KY NT NB
Term to describe postal codes	-
Postal code format	9999
Population	4 557 793
Total land area	74 605km²

How to Validate Addresses for Panama Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Region 3 column to validate City Names*
Region 1 column to validate Province Names

*Use Region 2 column to validate City Names in Panamá, San Miguelito, La Chorrera and Colón.

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Our location dataset for Panama

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Panama ZIP Codes

ZIP code systems vary across countries, and Panama 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.

Panama ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Panama 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.

Panama Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Panama’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.