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09046

ZIP 09046 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
48.6821, 9.0117
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Where 09046 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 09046
  • 🔢 Type 09046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,046 = 2 × 4523. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09044 (APO AE, a military post office, 148 mi away) and 09047 (APO AE, a military post office, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09046 becomes 64090 — and that is a real ZIP code: Strasburg, MO, 4,791 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00694, 04069, 04096, 04609, 06094, 06409, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90406 in Santa Monica, CA, 5,873 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯4,896 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09046 and you would come out at 48.68°S, 170.99°W — 859 miles from Christchurch, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 16m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09046

ZIPCityDistance
09359 APO AE, AE 7.1 mi
09154 APO AE, AE 10.2 mi
09279 APO AE, AE 17.0 mi
09128 APO AE, AE 17.7 mi
09131 APO AE, AE 17.7 mi
09073 APO AE, AE 29.2 mi
09137 APO AE, AE 29.2 mi
09176 APO AE, AE 33.0 mi
09164 APO AE, AE 35.7 mi
09281 APO AE, AE 36.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09046?

ZIP 09046 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 09046 in?

09046 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09046?

The closest are 09359 (7.1 mi), 09154 (10.2 mi), 09279 (17 mi), 09128 (17.7 mi) and 09131 (17.7 mi).

Is 09046 a PO Box ZIP code?

09046 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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