Address Verification Tips and Best Practices

Mexico addresses often contain zonal indicators.

The following table lists the zonal indicators:

Zonal Indicators	Description
Ampliación	Extension
Barrio	Neighborhood
Centro	Centre
Ciudad, Cd.	City
Colonia, Col.	Neighborhood or Quarter
Congregación	Assembly, meeting
Conjunto Habitacional, Conjunto Residencial	Housing complex, Residential complex
Ejido	Cooperative
Fraccionamiento, Fracc.	Division, development
Hacienda	Estate, ranch
Parque Industrial	Industrial Park
Pueblo	Village, small town
Rancho, Lechería	Ranch, Dairy
Sección, Secc.	Section
Sector, Sect.	Section
Unidad	Unit
Unidad Habitacional	Housing unit
Villa	Town

Address Verification maps the zonal indicators to a Locality address element.

Mexico addresses can contain multiple terms and abbreviations.

The following table lists a range of terms or abbreviations and the corresponding descriptions:

Term/Abbreviation	Description
Estado	State
Municipio	Municipality (major subdivision of estado, similar to a county)
Localidad	City or town within a municipio
Población	A populated place (city, town, or village)
Delegación	Administrative division of a city, such as a borough
Asentamiento	Subdivision of a municipio
Apartado	Apartado Postal, Apartado de Correos, Casilla Postal (Post Office Box)
Calle	Street
CP	Código Postal (postal code)

A Mexico postal code consists of five digits. Each digit corresponds to a geographical area of the country. The first two digits indicate the federal entity. In the case of Mexico City, the first two digits indicate a neighborhood. The third digit indicates an important town or city, a municipality, or one of the ten areas into which Mexico City is divided. The fourth digit indicates a municipality or suburb or estate within a town. The final digit indicates a group of blocks or the specific street address of a large user.

To parse the input address accurately, enter

Calle

before the street information when you enter the input address.

For optimum results, use the hybrid or partially-fielded input address format for the following address elements:

Delivery Address Lines

Locality

Postal Code

Province

The following sample code shows an input address in Address Verification (On-Premises) XML:

<InputData>
	<AddressElements>
		<Country Item="1" Type="NAME">MEXICO</Country>
		<Locality Item="1" Type="COMPLETE">CIUDAD DE MÉXICO</Locality>
		<Locality Item="2" Type="COMPLETE">COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN</Locality>
		<PostalCode Item="1" Type="UNFORMATTED">08100</PostalCode>
		<Province Item="1" Type="COUNTRY_STANDARD">CIUDAD DE MÉXICO</Province>
		<Province Item="1" Type="ABBREVIATION">CDMEX</Province>
		<Province Item="2" Type="COUNTRY_STANDARD">IZTACALCO</Province>
		<Street Item="1" Type="COMPLETE">PRIVADA UNIÓN</Street>
		<Number Item="1" Type="COMPLETE">10</Number>
	</AddressElements>
</InputData>

The following sample code shows an output address in Address Verification (On-Premises) XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

<!-- EngineVersion="5.11.0.41659" -->

<Result	 ProcessStatus="V4"
	 ModeUsed="INTERACTIVE"
	 Count="1"
	 CountOverflow="NO"
	 CountryISO3="MEX"
	 PreferredScript="DATABASE"
	 PreferredLanguage="DATABASE">

<ResultData ResultNumber="1"
	 MailabilityScore="5"
	 ResultPercentage="100.00"
	 ElementResultStatus="F0FFFFF0F000000000E0"
	 ElementInputStatus="60666660600000000060"
	 AddressResolutionCode="00000000000000000000"
	 ExtElementStatus="00500000000000000000"
	 ElementRelevance="10111010100000000010"
	 AddressType="S"
	 LanguageISO3="SPA">
	<AddressElements>
		<Country Type="NAME_EN" Item="1">MEXICO</Country>
		<Locality Item="1">CIUDAD DE MÉXICO</Locality>
		<Locality Item="2">COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN</Locality>
		<PostalCode Item="1">08100</PostalCode>
		<Province Item="1">CDMEX</Province>
		<Province Item="2">IZTACALCO</Province>
		<Street Item="1">PRIVADA UNIÓN</Street>
		<Number Item="1">10</Number>
	</AddressElements>
	<AddressLines>
		<DeliveryAddressLine Line="1">PRIVADA UNIÓN 10</DeliveryAddressLine>
		<CountrySpecificLocalityLine Line="1">08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX</CountrySpecificLocalityLine>
		<FormattedAddressLine Line="1">PRIVADA UNIÓN 10</FormattedAddressLine>
		<FormattedAddressLine Line="2">COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN, IZTACALCO</FormattedAddressLine>
		<FormattedAddressLine Line="3">08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX</FormattedAddressLine>
		<FormattedAddressLine Line="4">MEXICO</FormattedAddressLine>
	</AddressLines>
	<AddressComplete>PRIVADA UNIÓN 10
 COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN, IZTACALCO
 08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX
 MEXICO</AddressComplete>
</ResultData>
</Result>

The following sample code shows an address request in Address Verification XML:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:v4="http://validator5.AddressDoctor.com/Webservice5/v4">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <v4:Process>
         <v4:login>*****</v4:login>
         <v4:password>********</v4:password>
          <v4:parameters>
            <v4:ProcessMode>BATCH</v4:ProcessMode>
            <v4:ServiceParameters>
            </v4:ServiceParameters>
            <v4:ValidationParameters>
            </v4:ValidationParameters>
         </v4:parameters>
         <v4:addresses>
            <v4:Address>
               <v4:Street>
                  <v4:string>Privada Unión</v4:string>
               </v4:Street>
               <v4:HouseNumber>
                  <v4:string>10</v4:string>
               </v4:HouseNumber>
               <v4:Locality>
                  <v4:string>Ciudad de México</v4:string>
                  <v4:string></v4:string>
               </v4:Locality>
                <v4:PostalCode>
                  <v4:string>08100</v4:string>
               </v4:PostalCode>
               <v4:Country>
                  <v4:string>Mexico</v4:string>
               </v4:Country>
            </v4:Address>
         </v4:addresses>
      </v4:Process>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
</soapenv:Envelope>

The following sample code shows an address response in Address Verification XML:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <soap:Body>
      <ProcessResponse xmlns="http://validator5.AddressDoctor.com/Webservice5/v4">
         <ProcessResult>
            <StatusCode>100</StatusCode>
            <StatusMessage>OK</StatusMessage>
            <Results>
               <Result>
                  <ProcessStatus>C4</ProcessStatus>
                  <CountryISO3>MEX</CountryISO3>
                  <ResultDataSet>
                     <ResultData>
                        <ResultNumber>1</ResultNumber>
                        <MailabilityScore>4</MailabilityScore>
                        <ResultPercentage>88.00</ResultPercentage>
                        <ElementInputStatus>60600060600000000060</ElementInputStatus>
                        <ElementResultStatus>F0F888F0F000000000E0</ElementResultStatus>
                        <ElementRelevance>10111010100000000010</ElementRelevance>
                        <ExtElementStatus>00500000000000000000</ExtElementStatus>
                        <AddressResolutionCode>00000000000000000000</AddressResolutionCode>
                        <AddressType>S</AddressType>
                        <LanguageISO3>SPA</LanguageISO3>
                        <Address>
                           <Street>
                              <string>PRIVADA UNIÓN</string>
                           </Street>
                           <HouseNumber>
                              <string>10</string>
                           </HouseNumber>
                           <Locality>
                              <string>CIUDAD DE MÉXICO</string>
                              <string>COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN</string>
                           </Locality>
                           <PostalCode>
                              <string>08100</string>
                           </PostalCode>
                           <Province>
                              <string>CDMEX</string>
                              <string>IZTACALCO</string>
                           </Province>
                           <Country>
                              <string>MEXICO</string>
                           </Country>
                           <DeliveryAddressLines>
                              <string>PRIVADA UNIÓN 10</string>
                           </DeliveryAddressLines>
                           <CountrySpecificLocalityLine>
                              <string>08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX</string>
                           </CountrySpecificLocalityLine>
                           <FormattedAddress>
                              <string>PRIVADA UNIÓN 10</string>
                              <string>COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN, IZTACALCO</string>
                              <string>08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX</string>
                              <string>MEXICO</string>
                           </FormattedAddress>
                           <AddressComplete>PRIVADA UNIÓN 10;COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN, IZTACALCO;08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX;MEXICO</AddressComplete>
                        </Address>
                     </ResultData>
                  </ResultDataSet>
               </Result>
            </Results>
         </ProcessResult>
      </ProcessResponse>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

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Address Verification Best Practices for Mexico Addresses

Address Verification Best Practices for Mexico Addresses