Address format by country and area

This is a list of address formats by country and area in alphabetical order.

A

Argentina

In Argentina, an address must be mailed this way:

Format	Example
Name Street name, number Complements, Neighbourhood Postal code, Municipality	Luis Escala Piedras 623 Piso 2, depto 4 C1070AAM, Capital Federal

The postal code has been changed from a four digit format to an eight digit format, which is shown in the example. The new format adds a district or province letter code at the beginning, which allows it to be identified. As the system has been changed recently, the four digit format can still be used: in that case it is necessary to add the name of the province or district.

Old Format	New Format
Luis Escala French 392 Banfield Lomas de Zamora, Pcia Buenos Aires	Luis Escala French 392 Banfield B1828HKH, Lomas de Zamora

Australia

In common with the rest of the English-speaking world, addresses in Australia put the street number—which may be a range—before the street name, and the placename before the postcode. Unlike addresses in most other comparable places, the city is not included in the address, but rather a much more fine-grained locality is used, usually referred to in Australia as a suburb or locality – although these words are understood in a different way than in other countries. Because the suburb or town serves to locate the street or delivery type, the postcode serves only as routing information rather than to distinguish previous other parts of an address. As an example, there are around 8,000 localities in Victoria, yet around 700 unique geographic postcodes. For certain large volume receivers or post offices, the "locality" may be an institution or street name. It is always considered incorrect to include the city or metropolis name in an address, and doing so may delay delivery.
Australia Post recommends that the last line of the address should be set in capital letters. In Australia, subunits are essential and should be separated from the street by two spaces; apartments, flats and units are typically separated with a forward slash instead.
Apartment, flat and unit numbers, if necessary, are shown immediately prior to the street number, and, as noted above, are separated from the street number by a forward slash. These conventions can cause confusion. To clarify, 3/17 Adam Street would mean Apartment 3 at 17 Adam Street or Unit 3 at 17 Adam St. On the other hand, 3–17 Adam Street would specify a large building occupying the lots spanning street numbers 3 to 17 on one side of Adam St. These forms can be combined, so 3/5–9 Eve Street signifies Apartment 3 in a building which spans street numbers 5 to 9 on one side of Eve Street.
As in the US, the state/territory is crucial information as many placenames are reused in different states/territories; it is usually separated from the suburb with two spaces and abbreviated. In printed matter, the postcode follows after two spaces; in handwritten matter, the postcode should be written in the boxes provided.
In addition to PO Boxes, other delivery types may include:

Delivery type	Abbreviation
Care of post office	CARE PO
Community mail bag	CMB
General Post Box	GPO BOX
Mail service	MS
Roadside delivery	RSD
Roadside mail service	RMS
Community mail agent	CMA
Community postal agent	CPA
Locked bag	LOCKED BAG
Roadside mail box/bag	RMB
Private bag	PRIVATE BAG

In rural areas, "Property numbers are worked out based on the distance from the start of the road to the entrance of the property. That distance is divided by ten. Even numbers are on the right and odd numbers are on the left. For example: the entrance to a property 5,080 metres from the start of the road on the right hand side becomes number 508. The start of the road is determined as the fastest and safest road accessed from the nearest major road or town. Rural road maps are being drawn up to define the name, the start point and direction of every rural road."

Austria

In Austria, the address is generally formatted as follows:

Format	Example
Addressee More detailed description of addressee Street name + number Postal code + town Country	Firma ABC Kundendienst Hauptstr. 5 1234 Musterstadt

The postal code always consists of four digits.

B

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, the format used for rural and urban addresses is different.
Urban Addresses

Format	Example
Addressee More detailed description of addressee Flat Number, Building Name Street name + number Town + postal code Country	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- -- Dhanmondi. 32 Dhaka-1209 Bangladesh

The postal code always consists of four digits.
Rural Addresses

Format	Example
Name More detailed description of addressee Village Name Post office Thana Name District Name Country	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- Village: Tungipara P.O.: Tungipara Thana: Tungipara District: Gopalganj Bangladesh

Belarus

In Belarus, some neighbourhoods may be planned in such a way that some, or most, apartment buildings don't face a named street. In this case, a number of expedients can be used. In older neighbourhoods, a "main" building may have the same number as one or more "subsidiary" buildings accessible via driveways behind the main building. They will be addressed as vul. Lenina, d. 123 An address may also cover one or more subsidiary buildings behind the main building, addressed as vul. Lenina, d. 123, bud. 2 means a '. In newer areas with more regular street plans, apartment buildings that do not face a named street may be designated with Cyrillic letters appended to the building number, e.g. 123-а, 123-б, etc., in Cyrillic alphabetical order.
In some microraion neighbourhoods, with few, if any, buildings facing named streets, the name would be used instead of the street name; thus someone may live at 4-th microrayon, d. 123, kv. 56, i.e. 123 – 4th Microraion, apt. 56.

Format	Cyrillic example	Latin example
Name of addressee Street name, number, apartment/room Village Postal code, post office or city/town Raion Region Country	Свістунову Івану Пятровічу вул. Цэнтральная, д. 20 в. Караліставічы 223016, п/а Новы Двор Мінскага р-на. Мінскай вобл. Беларусь	Svistunov Ivan Piatrovič Ulitsa

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Belgium

In Belgium, the address starts with the most specific information and ends with the most general information
Spatial information of a physical address may be useful for internal path of delivery, but is not allowed in the delivery point location line. If needed, this information will appear on a line above the delivery point location line.
The street number is placed after the thoroughfare name, separated by a space. Separators such as punctuation or "nº", or "nr" are not allowed. Extension designation, if present, appears in the delivery point location line, preceded by the word for "box". Symbols such as b, Bt, #, -, / are not allowed as separators between the street number element and the box number element.
Examples of a correctly formatted postal address:

Format	Example	Example
Addressee individual information Function / department Organization Spatial/dispatching information thoroughfare + street number + box number Postal code + town Country	Monsieur Alain Dupont Directeur Service Clients Acme SA Bloc A – étage 4 Rue du Vivier 7C bte 5 1000 Bruxelles BELGIQUE	Dhr Paul Janssens Afdeling Kwaliteit Acme NV Gebouw A – Verdieping 3 Volklorenlaan 81 bus 15 2610 Wilrijk BELGIË

The Belgian addressing guidelines are registered with the Universal Postal Union. These guidelines indicate exactly how to combine the various address components in order to obtain a correctly formatted postal address.
The complete set of addressing guidelines can be found on the website of the Belgian postal operator. The correct representation of an address is not limited to the correct structure of address components but also relates to the content of addresses and their position on envelopes.
It is also possible to validate a Belgian postal address on bpost's website and to receive feedback on the content and the format of an address.

Brazil

In Brazil, an address must be written this way:

Format	Example
Name Street type, Street name, number, apartment/room Neighbourhood Municipality, State abbreviation Postal Code	Carlos Rossi Avenida João Jorge, 112, ap. 31 Vila Industrial Campinas – SP 13035-680

States can have their name written in full, abbreviated in some way, or totally abbreviated to two letters.
Only towns with 60,000 inhabitants and above have postal codes individualized for streets, roads, avenues, etc. One street can have several postal codes. These postcodes range from -000 to -899. Other towns have only a generic postcode with the suffix -000. Recipients of bulk mail have specific postcodes, with a suffix ranging from -900 to -959. P.O. boxes are mailed to Correios offices, with suffixes ranging from -970 to -979. Some rural settlements have community postboxes with suffix -990.