Taiwan Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Apr 3, 2026

Updated: April 3, 2026

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Taiwan Address Format Guide

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

Taiwan - Address Format

An address format in Taiwan contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House Number and Street Name
District Name, County Name and Postal Code (6 digits)
Country – TAIWAN (in all caps)

John Smith
No. 117號, Section 2, Zhinan Rd
Wenshan District, Taipei County 116011
TAIWAN

Taiwan Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
No. 30, Section 1, Yuanshan Rd
Yuanshan District, Yilan County 264022
TAIWAN

Example 2:

Taiwan Post Office
No. 173, Hanzhong St
Wanhua District, Taipei County 108044
TAIWAN

Postal and Country Information for Taiwan

Country/territory name	Taiwan
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: TW ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: TWN ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 158
Administrative area count	22
Administration area names and abbreviations	Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei Taoyuan Chiayi Hsinchu Keelung Changhua Chiayi Hsinchu county Hualien Kinmen Lienchiang Miaoli Nantou Penghu Pingtung Taitung Yilan Yunlin	KHH NWT TXG TNN TPE TAO CYI HSZ KEE CHA CYQ HSQ HUA KIN LIE MIA NAN PEN PIF TTT ILA YUN
Term to describe postal codes	Postal code
Postal code format	999999
Population	23 955 218
Total land area	36 828km²

How to Validate Addresses for Taiwan Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Street column to validate Street names
Region 2 column to validate District names
Region 1 column to validate County names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

Explore our Taiwan address database.

Our location dataset for Taiwan

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Taiwan ZIP Codes

Taiwan uses a “Postal code” system, which is a six-digit numeric format like 999999, with no letters or separators. This format is similar to US ZIP codes in that both are numeric, but differs as Taiwan’s postal codes have six digits compared to the five digits of standard US ZIP codes. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Taiwan has 13,797 postal codes covering 393 regions and 7,140 towns.

Taiwan ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Taiwan 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.

Taiwan Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Taiwan’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.