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 instead of the barangay. ZIP codes are also part of the typical Philippine address.
Address format
Metro Manila
P.O. Box
- Name
- P.O. Box Number, Post Office Name
- City/Municipality
- Postal Code + Province/Metro Manila
- Philippines
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 PH
- 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
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.