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09008

ZIP 09008 is military mail, not a town: APO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
50.1155, 8.6842
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Where 09008 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 09008
  • 🔢 Type 09008 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOOGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,008 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 563. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09007 (APO AE, a military post office, 49 mi away) and 09009 (APO AE, a military post office, 68 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09008 becomes 80090, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00908, 08009, 08090, 09080, 90008, 90080). The farthest-flung twin is 90008 in Los Angeles, CA, 5,786 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯4,823 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09008 and you would come out at 50.12°S, 171.32°W — 882 miles from Christchurch, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 03m.
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ZIP codes near 09008

ZIPCityDistance
09039 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09060 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09079 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09213 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09228 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09237 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09242 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09090 APO AE, AE 3.4 mi
09082 APO AE, AE 3.8 mi
09057 APO AE, AE 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09008?

ZIP 09008 is military mail, not a town: APO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 09008 in?

09008 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09008?

The closest are 09039 (0 mi), 09060 (0 mi), 09079 (0 mi), 09213 (0 mi) and 09228 (0 mi).

Is 09008 a PO Box ZIP code?

09008 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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