How to address a letter to Sri Lanka

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

How to write an address to Sri Lanka

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

1. Address example Sri Lanka

Mr. A. L. Perera
201 Shanti Villa
Silkhouse Street
KANDY
20000
SRI LANKA

2. Address example Sri Lanka

Deputy Postmaster General (Operations)
Office of the Postmaster General
Transworks House
Lower Chatham Street
COLOMBO
00100
SRI LANKA

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Postal information

Country name

Sri Lanka

Postal code format

5 digits (eg: 01234)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{5})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

LK

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

LKA

UN M49 numeric country code

144

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Country information

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Common name (English)

Sri Lanka

Official name (English)

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Native name

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (ශ්‍රී ලංකාව)

Capital

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Continent

Asia

Subregion

Southern Asia

Area

65,610 km²

Currency

LKR (Sri Lankan rupee, Symbol: Rs රු)

Time zone

UTC+05:30

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/VkPHoeFSfgzRQCDv8

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/536807

Total population

21,763,170

Payment options:

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