Address Verification Best Practices for Mexico Addresses

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Address Format and Address Structure

You improve the performance of Address Verification when you define the input address in the format that the postal service expects.

The postal service in Mexico recognizes the following structure for a postal address:

Line 1: Street type, Street name, House number
Line 2: Neighborhood, Municipality
Line 3: Postal code, City, State
Line 4: Country

The sample address has the following format on an envelope or label:

PRIVADA UNIÓN 10
COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN, IZTACALCO
08100 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, CDMEX
MEXICO

The following table shows how the input address data maps to the Address Verification address elements:

Address Element	Address Information	Information Type
Street	PRIVADA UNIÓN	Street Type and Street Name
HouseNumber	10	House Number
Locality_2	COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN	Neighborhood, Quarter, or Settlement
Province_2	IZTACALCO	Municipality
PostalCode	08100	Postal Code
Locality_1	CIUDAD DE MÉXICO	City
Province_Abbreviation	CDMEX	State
Country	MEXICO	Country

The following example shows the fielded input format for an address:

Street: PRIVADA UNIÓN 
House Number: 10
Locality 2: COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN 
Province 2: IZTACALCO
Postal Code: 08100 
Locality 1: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO 
Province Abbreviation: CDMEX
Country: MEXICO

The following example shows the hybrid or partially-fielded input format for an address:

Delivery Address Line (DAL): PRIVADA UNIÓN 10
Locality 2: COL. AGRÍCOLA PANTITLÁN 
Province 2: IZTACALCO
Postal Code: 08100 
Locality 1: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO 
Province Abbreviation: CDMEX
Country: MEXICO

Address Elements and State or Federal District Names

Address Verification uses Province elements to identify states within Mexico. Address Verification treats the federal district of Mexico City as a state for verification purposes. You can use a PROVINCE element in place of a PROVINCE_ABBREVIATION element for the state or federal district name. The province name for CDMEX is

Ciudad de México

Address Verification can return the name of a municipality or borough within a state in the PROVINCE_2 element. For example, the locality of

Ciudad de México

is within the borough of

Iztacalco

in Mexico City.

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