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09072

ZIP 09072 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
50.8699, 6.6969
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Where 09072 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 09072
  • 🔢 Type 09072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09071 (APO AE, a military post office, 249 mi away) and 09073 (APO AE, a military post office, 199 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09072 becomes 27090, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00729, 00792, 00927, 02790, 02907, 07029, …). The farthest-flung twin is 92007 in Cardiff By The Sea, CA, 5,714 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯4,722 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09072 and you would come out at 50.87°S, 173.30°W — 830 miles from Christchurch, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 7h 56m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09072

ZIPCityDistance
09080 APO AE, AE 23.7 mi
09233 APO AE, AE 24.5 mi
09104 APO AE, AE 26.1 mi
09103 APO AE, AE 26.8 mi
09703 APO AE, AE 32.1 mi
09713 APO AE, AE 44.0 mi
09717 APO AE, AE 44.0 mi
09214 APO AE, AE 50.7 mi
09123 APO AE, AE 61.3 mi
09126 APO AE, AE 61.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09072?

ZIP 09072 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 09072 in?

09072 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09072?

The closest are 09080 (23.7 mi), 09233 (24.5 mi), 09104 (26.1 mi), 09103 (26.8 mi) and 09703 (32.1 mi).

Is 09072 a PO Box ZIP code?

09072 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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