Postal addresses in the Philippines
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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 name[1] instead of the barangay. ZIP codes are also part of the typical Philippine address.
Address format
- Street, e.g. BLDG 1A5U11 MRH SITE 4 TALA
- District, e.g. TALA 1
- Barangay, e.g. BARANGAY 188 ZONE 16
- Postal Code, then City / Municipality, e.g. 1427 CALOOCAN
- Province (or if in the National Capital Region, Metro Manila, as with this example address)
Examples
Provincial
- Chris Ryan R. Illustracion
- 253 M.L. Quezon Street
- Santo Niño 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
- 1207 Metro Manila
- Name
- 136 L. P. Leviste Street
- 1229 Metro Manila
- Philippines
P.O. Box
- Mr. Faye Carpio
- 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
- Name
- P.O. BOX 1220, Philippine Post Office Quezon City
- Quezon City
- 1109 Cubao
- Philippines
Postal codes' necessity
PhilPost recommends the use of postal codes in the country and correct addressing.[2] However, most residents do not use, let alone know how to use ZIP codes, and thus the codes are usually omitted. According to PhilPost, the proper use of ZIP codes assists in letter sorting and reduces letter misrouting.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Rhind, Graham (29 September 2017). Global Sourcebook of Address Data Management: A Guide to Address Formats and Data in 194 Countries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-93325-4. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b "PHLpost mandates the mailing public to use the proper ZIP codes". Eagle News. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2021.