Tunisia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Jun 1, 2026

Updated: June 1, 2026

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Tunisia Address Format Guide

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

Tunisia - Address Format

An address format in Tunisia contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House Number and Street Name
City Name and Postal Code (4 digits)
Country – TUNISIA (in all caps)

John Smith
44 Av. Habib Bourguiba
Tataouine 3200
TUNISIA

Tunisia Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
15 Av. de la République
Monastir 5000
TUNISIA

Example 2:

Tunisia Post Office
88 Rue de Yougoslavie
Tunis 1001
TUNISIA

Postal and Country Information for Tunisia

Country/territory name	Tunisia
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: TN ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: TUN ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 788
Administrative area count	24
Administration area names and abbreviations	Ariana Beja Ben Arous Bizerte Gabes Gafsa Jendouba Kairouan Kasserine Kebili Le Kef Mahdia Manouba Medenine Monastir Nabeul Sfax Sidi Bou Zid Siliana Sousse Tataouine Tozeur Tunis Zaghouan	12 31 13 23 81 71 32 41 42 73 33 53 14 82 52 21 61 43 34 51 83 72 11 22
Term to describe postal codes	Code postal
Postal code format	9999
Population	12 653 143
Total land area	155 157km²

How to Validate Addresses for Tunisia Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Region 2 column to validate City names*
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

*Use Region 1 to validate Tunis.

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Our location dataset for Tunisia

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Tunisia ZIP Codes

Tunisia uses a “Code postal” system, which is a four-digit numeric format, like 9999, with no letters or separators. This means it uses only numbers, unlike US ZIP codes which are also numeric. However, US ZIP codes are five digits long compared to Tunisia’s four. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Tunisia has 970 postal codes covering 285 regions and 0 towns.

Tunisia ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Tunisia 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.

Tunisia Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Tunisia’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.