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Venezuela address examples & format

How to write an Venezuelan address

Break out your maracas because it's time to learn how to address a letter in Venezuela, and it's going to be a carnival. Is the address format influenced by the heavy African influence in Venezuela? Do you need to know a building number or just the street name in order to get your empanadas to your abuelita or abuelito? We'll give you some Venezuelan address examples that you can reference too.

You may also be interested in our suite of address validation tools for addresses in Venezuela. Simply enter a Venezuelan address, and you'll get an address formatted, standardized, and validated immediately. Address formatting in Venezuela can be written out as follows:

  1. Address 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. City, postal code and state - The city then the postal code followed by the state without any punctuation separating them.
  4. Country - This is often shortened to VEN
Venezuela address example

Venezuela address examples

Postal box example

Los Dos Caminos, Calle Guanchez Edif

Don Silvio Piso 1

Ap 14

1071

VEN

Smarty address validation tools

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

Venezuela's national postal system, "Instituto Postal Telegráfico de Venezuela (IPOSTEL)," was established in 1859. As of recent data, Instituto Postal Telegráfico de Venezuela (IPOSTEL) services approximately 12,699 addresses, reflecting its extensive reach throughout Venezuela. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
Administrative area types and count
23 states and 1 Capital District
Administration area names and abbreviations

Amazonas (AM)

Anzoátegui (AN)

Apure (AP)

Aragua (AR)

Barinas (BA)

Bolívar (BO)

Carabobo (CA)

Cojedes (CO)

Delta Amacuro (DA)

Falcón (FA)

Guárico (GU)

Lara (LA)

Mérida (ME)

Miranda (MI)

Monagas (MO)

Nueva Esparta (NE)

Portuguesa (PO)

Sucre (SU)

Táchira (TA)

Trujillo (TR)

Vargas (VG)

Yaracuy (YA)

Zulia (ZU)

Distrito Capital (DC)

Term to describe postal codes
código postal
Postal code in language
código postal
Postal code format
9999-A
Postal service provider and website

Instituto Postal Telegráfico de Venezuela (IPOSTEL)

http://ipostel.gob.ve/

Country information

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

Country/territory name
Venezuela
ISO3
VEN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
VE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
VEN
ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
862
Endonym
Venezuela
Total land area
912,050 KM²
Capital
Caracas
Other major cities
Maracaibo, Valencia, Barquisimeto

Population information

Total population
28,838,499 (2023)
Urban / rural distribution
89% / 11%
Urban population
25,666,264
Rural population
3,172,235
Official language
Spanish
All languages spoken
Spanish
Most commonly used postal language
Spanish
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Now that you've seen our Venezuela address examples and have become as wizard at Venezuelan address formats, why not expand your expertise even further? Visit the international address formats page for information on other countries and territories we cover.

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