What Is the Address Format of Indonesia?

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Simplified Indonesian Address Format

In Indonesia, most addresses begin with Jalan, which means "Street", followed by the street name, and then a unit number.

This is similar to many European address formats where street names are mentioned first, and then followed by unit numbers. (Indonesia was a Dutch colony for a few hundred years, so this makes sense.)

On a tangentially-related fun fact, North American addresses typically begin with numbers first, and then followed by street names.

Let's take a look at an example of the Indonesian address format:

The address above locates Unit No. 5 on Jalan Mangga Emas (meaning Mangga Emas Street) in the City of Denpasar, in the Province of Bali with the postal code 80263 in Indonesia. (This is a dummy address, by the way.)

Note that Indonesia has a 5-digit-number postal code format.

Complete Indonesian Address Format

A simplified address format is usually sufficient most of the time, however, there will be cases when a website or a form requests you to enter a complete address format.

A complete Indonesian address format contains regency, district, and subdistrict information that are typically omitted in a simplified one.

In Indonesia, an address can be located in either a city or a regency.

You can think of regency as a non-city, which is kind of like a suburb designation, if you will.

Below are some examples with the complete address format in action:

Abbreviations

When writing out an address in a complete format, you can abbreviate Kelurahan, Kecamatan, and Kabupaten into Kel., Kec., and Kab. respectively. You can also abbreviate Jalan as Jl. For example:

Over and Out

With a population of over 270 million people spanning across 38 provinces, 90+ cities and 400+ regencies, it’s not surprising that there would be variations in how addresses are formatted in Indonesia.

Some banks would opt for a simplified address format, whereas couriers and post offices generally prefer a complete one. Bureaucratic and government forms will also vary when it comes to the address formats you can enter.

Personally, I tend to use the complete format only if there is enough space. Otherwise, I would stick to using the simplified one.

Learn More

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