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Dominican Republic address format & examples

How to write a Dominican address

As of 2024, the Dominican Republic is the largest economy in the Caribbean, greatly contributes to global health by way of delivering billions of vaccines worldwide, and is a part of the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative working to prevent Alzheimer's. Since you're wondering how to address a letter in the Dominican Republic, we'll dive right into that so you can focus on the more culturally exciting things they offer like cigars, rum, and carnival. We'll give you some Dominican address examples that you can reference as you need to.

You may also be interested in our suite of address validation tools for addresses in the Dominican Republic. Simply enter a Dominican address, and we'll format, standardize, and validate it immediately. Address formatting in the Dominican Republic can be written out as follows:

  1. Addressee line - The recipient's full name, using appropriate titles for the region.
  2. Street and building number - List the street and then the building number without any punctuation separating them.
  3. Postal code and city - The postal code then the city or town without any punctuation separating them.
  4. Country - This is often shortened to DOM
Dominican Republic address example

Dominican Republic address examples

Postal box example

Piso 4

Edif 13

Calle Z 6

Ap. 403

11102 Santo Domingo

DOM

Smarty address validation tools

Smarty™ has a suite of address validation tools that can format, standardize, and validate Dominican Republic addresses, plus addresses in 240+ other countries and territories worldwide. Validate your Dominican 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.

Postal information

Dominican Republic's national postal system, "Instituto Postal Dominicano," was established in 1985. As of recent data, Instituto Postal Dominicano services approximately 8,605 addresses, reflecting its extensive reach throughout Dominican Republic. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
Administrative area types and count
31 provinces
Administration area names and abbreviations

Azua (AZ)

Bahoruco (BH)

Barahona (BA)

Dajabón (DA)

Distrito Nacional (DN)

Duarte (DU)

Elías Piña (EP)

El Seibo (ES)

Espaillat (EP)

Hato Mayor (HM)

Hermanas Mirabal (HM)

Independencia (IN)

La Altagracia (AL)

La Romana (LR)

La Vega (LV)

María Trinidad Sánchez (MT)

Monseñor Nouel (MN)

Monte Cristi (MC)

Monte Plata (MP)

Pedernales (PE)

Peravia (PE)

Puerto Plata (PP)

Samaná (SA)

Sánchez Ramírez (SR)

San Cristóbal (SC)

San José de Ocoa (JO)

San Juan (SJ)

San Pedro de Macorís (PM)

Santiago (SG)

Santiago Rodríguez (SR)

Valverde (VA)

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

Instituto Postal Dominicano

https://inposdom.gob.do/

Country information

There’s a lot more information available for the Dominican Republic, like ISO codes, major cities, etc.

Country/territory name
Dominican Republic
ISO3
DOM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
DO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
DOM
ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
214
Endonym
República Dominicana
Total land area
48,442 KM²
Capital
Santo Domingo
Other major cities
Santiago, San Cristobal, San Pedro de Macoris

Population information

Total population
11,332,972 (2023)
Urban / rural distribution
84% / 16%
Urban population
9,519,696
Rural population
1,813,276
Official language
Spanish
All languages spoken
Spanish
Most commonly used postal language
Spanish
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