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What Is the Address Format of Indonesia?

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There are two address formats in Indonesia: a simplified one and a complete one. A simplified address works in most cases, but if you want to be extra careful, you can use the complete format (provided there's enough space to write it).

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.

Jalan [Street Name] No. [Unit Number]
[City], [Province], [Postal Code]
Indonesia

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:

Jalan Mangga Emas No. 5
Denpasar, Bali, 80263
Indonesia

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.

If the address is in a city:
Jalan [Street Name] No. [Unit Number]
Kelurahan [Subdistrict], Kecamatan [District]
[City], [Province], [Postal Code]
Indonesia

If the address is in a regency:
Jalan [Street Name] No. [Unit Number]
Kelurahan [Subdistrict], Kecamatan [District]
Kabupaten [Regency], [Province], [Postal Code]
Indonesia

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:

Here is a dummy address located in the Subdistrict of Sanur, District of Denpasar Selatan, City of Denpasar in the Province of Bali:

Jalan Mangga Emas No. 5
Kelurahan Sanur, Kecamatan Denpasar Selatan
Denpasar, Bali, 80263
Indonesia
And here is a dummy address located in the Subdistrict of Seminyak, District of Kuta, Regency of Badung in the Province of Bali:

Jalan Nanas Perak No. 19
Kelurahan Seminyak, Kecamatan Kuta
Kabupaten Badung, Bali, 80304
Indonesia

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:

Jl. Nanas Perak No. 19
Kel. Seminyak, Kec. Kuta
Kab. Badung, Bali, 80304
Indonesia

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.

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