Philippines Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Philippines Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Philippines. 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.
Philippines - Address Format
An address format in Philippines contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House Number and Street Name
- Town (in rural areas)
- City Name – Province Name and Postal Code (4 digits)
- Country – PHILIPPINES (in all caps)
John Smith
154 Bonifacio St
Poblacion District
Davao City – Davao del Sur 8000
PHILIPPINES
Philippines Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
PLT Building Ramon Chavez St
Cagayan De Oro City – Misamis Oriental 9000
PHILIPPINES
Example 2:
Philippines Post Office
2f Claro M. Recto Ave
Cagayan De Oro City- Misamis Oriental 9000
PHILIPPINES
Postal and Country Information for Philippines
| Country/territory name | Philippines | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PH ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PHL ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 608 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 17 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Postal code | |||||
| Postal code format | 9999 | |||||
| Population | 99 234 006 | |||||
| Total land area | 295 238km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Philippines Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Philippines addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Philippines, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities, Provinces and Postal Codes in Philippines
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Philippines segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Philippines using:
- Locality column to validate Town names (optional)
- Region 3 column to validate City names (except for Manila: in Region 2)
- Region 2 column to validate Province names
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Explore our Philippines address database.