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09205

ZIP 09205 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
52.1727, 9.2491
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Where 09205 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 09205
  • 🔢 Type 09205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,205 = 5 × 7 × 263. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09202 (APO AE, a military post office, 155 mi away) and 09211 (APO AE, a military post office, 161 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09205 becomes 50290, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00925, 00952, 02059, 02905, 05902, 09025, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90502 in Torrance, CA, 5,705 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯4,753 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09205 and you would come out at 52.17°S, 170.75°W — 971 miles from Christchurch, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 7h 43m.
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ZIP codes near 09205

ZIPCityDistance
09216 APO AE, AE 69.6 mi
09078 APO AE, AE 70.5 mi
09171 APO AE, AE 70.5 mi
09355 APO AE, AE 80.0 mi
09141 APO AE, AE 92.0 mi
09069 APO AE, AE 99.2 mi
09215 APO AE, AE 102.0 mi
09143 APO AE, AE 112.3 mi
09169 APO AE, AE 112.3 mi
09248 APO AE, AE 112.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09205?

ZIP 09205 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 09205 in?

09205 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09205?

The closest are 09216 (69.6 mi), 09078 (70.5 mi), 09171 (70.5 mi), 09355 (80 mi) and 09141 (92 mi).

Is 09205 a PO Box ZIP code?

09205 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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