How to address a letter to Ethiopia

Learn how to address and mail letters to Ethiopia - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Ethiopia

Here’s what a typical address in Ethiopia looks like for postal mail.

1. Address example Ethiopia

Mr. Abebe Bekele
Kebele 3, Woreda 47, House No. 268
1000 Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA

2. Address example Ethiopia

Mr. Abebe Bekele
P.O. Box 1519
1000 ADDIS ABABA
ETHIOPIA

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Postal information

Country name

Ethiopia

Postal code format

4 digits (eg: 0123)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{4})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

ET

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

ETH

UN M49 numeric country code

231

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Country information

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Common name (English)

Ethiopia

Official name (English)

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Native name

የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ (ኢትዮጵያ)

Capital

Addis Ababa

Continent

Africa

Subregion

Eastern Africa

Area

1,104,300 km²

Borders with

Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan

Currency

ETB (Ethiopian birr, Symbol: Br)

Time zone

UTC+03:00

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/2Q4hQWCbhuZLj3fG6

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/192800

Total population

111,652,998

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