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[edit]

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.

Address format[edit]

Rizal[edit]

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[edit]

P.O. Box[edit]

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

Examples[edit]

Provincial[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Gihan Kanishka
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[edit]

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. The 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.

See also[edit]