Postal addresses in Taiwan
Postal addresses in Taiwan (Republic of China) use the . When written in Chinese, addresses start from the largest administrative unit and continue to the smallest, although in English the order is often reversed.
Format[]
Addresses start with a postal code, followed by administrative divisions in the following order:
- Municipality (市 shì) or county (縣 xiàn)
- City district (區 qū), urban township (鎮 zhèn) or rural township (鄉 xiāng)
- Urban village (里 lǐ) or rural village (村 cūn)
- Neighborhood (鄰 lín)
Villages and neighborhoods are optional. Next is the street address, also in order from larger to smaller:
- Road (路 lù) or street (街 jiē)
- Section (段 duàn), for longer roads
- Lane (巷 xiàng)
- Alley (弄 lòng)
- House number (號 hào)
- Floor (樓 lóu) or building (棟 dòng)
- Apartment (之 zhi)。(之 can also be a nearby independent house.)
House numbers are generally in geographic order with odd and even numbers on opposite sides of the street. However, numbering resets when a new road section starts, so that No.295, Sec. 1 may be followed by No.1, Sec. 2. It is also not uncommon for new numbers to be inserted, resulting in No.5, No.5-1, No.7, etc.
Examples[]
The address of Chunghwa Post, which is located directly on a main street in Taipei, is written in Chinese as[1] (old 3+2 postal code: 10603):
106409 台北市大安區 金山南路2段55號
Reversing the order, the English address,[2] also with 3+3 postal code:
No. 55, Sec. 2, Jinshan S. Rd., Daan Dist., Taipei City 106409
References[]
- Postal system of Taiwan
- Postal addresses by country