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    Bosnia and Herzegovina address format & examples

    How to write a Bosnian address

    There's more to Bosnia than Sarajevo: great coffee, great skiing, and a great mailing address format. There are three separate postal operators in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but they all follow the Bosnian address format. Knowing how to write Bosnian addresses is important if you want the mail to be delivered on time, so here, we'll teach you how to address a letter to Bosnia.

    Bosnia-and-Herzegovina mailing address format example on an envelope

    Bosnia and Herzegovina address examples

    Residential address exampleUlica Ferde Hauptmana 36 71000 Novo Sarajevo BIH
    Address example with unitsTrnska Cesta 183A 88220 Siroki Brijeg BIH
    Commercial address exampleHotel Grad Ulica Safeta Hadžića 19 71000 Novi Grad

    Smarty address validation tools

    Smarty® has a suite of address validation tools that can format, standardize, and validate Bosnia and Herzegovina addresses, plus addresses in 250+ other countries and territories worldwide. Validate your Bosnian address with our tools.
    Use the Single Address Verification Tool to verify and format 1 address at a time, the Bulk Address Validation Tool to verify and format a list addresses simultaneously, or use the International Street Address API to integrate address validation and formatting programmatically into your software systems and workflows.
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    Postal information

    Bosnia and Herzegovina's national postal system, "JP BH Posta," was established in 1858. As of recent data, JP BH Posta services approximately 978 addresses, reflecting its extensive reach throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
    Administrative area types and count
    2 entities (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska) and one district (Brcko)
    Administration area names and abbreviations

    Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

    Name: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Abbreviation: FBiH
    Republika Srpska:

    Name: Republika Srpska
    Abbreviation: RS
    Brcko District:

    Name: Brcko District
    Abbreviation: BD

    Term to describe postal codes
    poštanski broj
    Postal code in language
    poštanski broj
    Postal code format
    99999
    Postal service provider and website

    JP BH Posta

    Shoot! Looks like there isn't a national postal systems website for this location. Sorry about that.

    Country information

    The Bosnian address format is similar to other envelope address formatting worldwide. The Bosnian address format lists the street and the building number, and you'll see our address examples, which also include a five-digit postal code. You can try our address validation tools for Bosnia and Herzegovina and across the globe, too. No matter what you're sending, Smarty is here to help you write a Bosnia and Herzegovina address so that your mail gets to where it needs to without any problems caused by incorrect mailing format.

    1. Addressee line - The recipient's full name.
    2. Street name and building number - First, the street name, followed by the building number without any separating punctuation marks like commas or hyphens.
    3. Postal code and city - The Bosnian address format lists the postal code first and then the city.
    4. Country - Written as BIH.
    Country/territory name
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    ISO3
    BIH
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
    BA
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
    BIH
    ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
    070
    Endonym
    Bosnia-and-Herzegovina
    Total land area
    51197 KM²
    Capital
    Sarajevo
    Other major cities
    Banja Luka, Tuzla, Zenica

    Population information

    Total population
    3210847 (2023)
    Urban / rural distribution
    40% / 60%
    Urban population
    1284339
    Rural population
    1926508
    Official language
    Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
    All languages spoken
    Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
    Most commonly used postal language
    Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
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    Countries and territories related to Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Now that you've seen our Bosnian address examples and have become a wizard at Bosnia and Herzegovina address formats, why not expand your expertise even further? Explore our detailed guides for related countries and territories to see how their address formats and examples vary.
    Visit the global address formats page or Europe address formats page for more information on all the other countries and territories we cover. You can also read or read our article about international address verification to learn more.
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    *Data updated as of May 21, 2025

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