Peru Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Peru Address Format Guide

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

Peru - Address Format

An address format in Peru contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street name and House number
City Name and Postal Code (5 digits)
Country – PERU (in all caps)

John Smith
Cruz Verde 113
Arequipa 04001
PERU

Peru Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Huancarqui 835
Lima 15079
PERU

Example 2:

Peru Post Office
Jr. San Roman 329
Juliaca 21101
PERU

Postal and Country Information for Peru

Country/territory name	Peru
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PE ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PER ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 604
Administrative area count	25
Administration area names and abbreviations	Amazonas Ancash Apurimac Arequipa Ayacucho Cajamarca Callao Cusco Huancavelica Huanuco Ica Junin La Libertad Lambayeque Lima region Loreto Madre de Dios Moquegua Pasco Piura Puno San Martin Tacna Tumbes Ucayali	AMA ANC APU ARE AYA CAJ CAL CUS HUV HUC ICA JUN LAL LAM LIM LOR MDD MOQ PAS PIU PUN SAM TAC TUM UCA
Term to describe postal codes	Código postal
Postal code format	99999
Population	34 845 227
Total land area	1 292 350km²

How to Validate Addresses for Peru Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Region 3 column to validate City names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

Explore our Peru address database.

Our location dataset for Peru

Peru ZIP Codes

Peru uses a “Código postal” system, which is a five-digit numeric format, like 99999, with no letters or separators. This means it uses only numbers, similar to US ZIP codes, which are also five digits and purely numeric. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Peru has 2,655 postal codes covering 2,111 regions and 106,432 towns.

Peru ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Peru 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.

Peru Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Peru’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.