Tunisia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

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:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. House Number and Street Name
  4. City Name and Postal Code (4 digits)
  5. 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.