Postal Addressing Standards > Appendix I > I4 Directionals
Directionals are not commonly used in Puerto Rican addresses because other descriptions, such as the urbanization name identify geographic areas. In the ZIP+4 file, the English equivalents are used.
Note: Although the Spanish word for West is Oeste, the abbreviation W is used.
Abbreviation
Spanish
English
N
NE
NW
S
SE
SW
E
W
NORTE
NORESTE
NOROESTE
SUR
SURESTE
SUROESTE
ESTE
OESTE
NORTH
NORTHEAST
NORTHWEST
SOUTH
SOUTHEAST
SOUTHWEST
EAST
WEST