Paraguay Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Paraguay Address Format Guide

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

Paraguay - Address Format

An address format in Paraguay contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street Name and House Number
City Name
Postal Code (6 digits) and Department (applicable only outside Asunción D.C.)
Country – PARAGUAY (in all caps)

John Smith
Charles De Gaulle casi
Asunción D.C.
001432
PARAGUAY

Paraguay Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
José Martí 1953
Luque
110935 Central
PARAGUAY

Example 2:

Paraguay Post Office
Av. Dr. Felipe Molas López 43
Asunción D.C.
001526
PARAGUAY

Postal and Country Information for Paraguay

Country/territory name	Paraguay
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PY ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PRY ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 600
Administrative area count	18
Administration area names and abbreviations	Asuncion D.C. Alto Paraguay Alto Parana Amambay Boqueron Caaguazu Caazapa Canindeyu Central Concepcion Cordillera Guaira Itapua Misiones Neembucu Paraguari Presidente Hayes San Pedro	ASU 16 10 13 19 5 6 14 11 1 3 4 7 8 12 9 15 2
Term to describe postal codes	Código postal
Postal code format	999999
Population	7 015 298
Total land area	398 755km²

How to Validate Addresses for Paraguay Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Region 2 column to validate City Names (Region 1 for Asunción D.C.)
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Region 1 column to validate Department Names

Explore our Paraguay address database.

Our location dataset for Paraguay

Paraguay ZIP Codes

ZIP code systems vary across countries, and Paraguay 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.

Paraguay ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Paraguay 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.

Paraguay Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Paraguay’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.