Postal addresses in the Philippines

Postal addresses in the Philippines are similar in format to those in many other parts of the world. They are especially used to locate areas in the Philippines.

Address elements

Philippine addresses always contain the name of the sender, the building number and thoroughfare, the barangay where the building is located, the city or municipality where the barangay is located and, in most cases, the province where the city or municipality is located. In the case of Metro Manila, however, provinces are omitted and, in the case of Manila, include the district instead of the barangay. ZIP codes are also part of the typical Philippine address.

Rizal

647 National Road
16 Sunlight Building
Barangay Muzon, Taytay, Rizal
Taytay CPO-PO Box# 1920 + Rizal
Philippines

The unit number may not be available with individual houses, while country may be optional for domestic posts. Village or subdivision names are sometimes added after the street name.

Metro Manila

Johnny Suh
Unit Number + House/Building/Street Number, Street Name
Barangay/District Name, City/Municipality
Postal Code + Metro Manila
Philippines

P.O. Box

Kim Namjoon
P.O. Box Number, Post Office Name
City/Municipality
Postal Code + Province/Metro Manila
Philippines

Provincial

Chris Ryan R. Illustracion
253 M.L. Quezon Street
Santo NiƱo Tukuran
7019 Zamboanga del Sur
Philippines
Mr. Raji Raine H. Magtanggol
95 JayLee Street, Sofia Subdivision
Del Pilar, San Fernando City
2000 Pampanga

Metro Manila

Renato Junior
7114 Kundiman Street, Sampaloc
1008 Manila
Philippines
Miss Auria M. Francisco
75 P. Domingo Street
Carmona, Makati City
1207 Metro Manila

P.O. Box

Kim Minseok
P.O. Box 1201, Manila Central Post Office
1050 Manila
Jackson Wang
P.O. Box 1121, Araneta Center Post Office
Quezon City
1135 Metro Manila
Daryl Dianne Dalauta
P.O. Box 1000, Gasan Post Office
Gasan
4905 Marinduque
Philippines

Postal codes

The PhlPost recommends the use of postal codes in addresses. However, most residents do not use, let alone know how to use ZIP codes, and thus are usually omitted. Omission of ZIP codes in addresses is problematic since it takes longer for the mail to reach its intended destination and increases the chances of it getting lost in the system.55

See also

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