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09605

ZIP 09605 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/Rome
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
40.6321, 17.9361
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Where 09605 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 09605
  • 🔢 Type 09605 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOgGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,605 = 5 × 17 × 113. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09604 (APO AE, a military post office, 2,086 mi away) and 09606 (APO AE, a military post office, 483 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09605 becomes 50690, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00659, 00956, 00965, 05069, 05609, 05906, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90506 in Torrance, CA, 6,584 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯5,595 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09605 and you would come out at 40.63°S, 162.06°W — 1,206 miles from Wellington, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09605

ZIPCityDistance
09619 FPO AE, AE 192.6 mi
09620 FPO AE, AE 192.6 mi
09621 FPO AE, AE 192.6 mi
09625 FPO AE, AE 192.6 mi
09626 FPO AE, AE 192.6 mi
09622 FPO AE, AE 192.7 mi
09001 APO AA, AA 212.4 mi
09609 FPO AE, AE 231.4 mi
09843 FPO AE, AE 251.8 mi
09627 FPO AE, AE 275.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09605?

ZIP 09605 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 09605 in?

09605 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09605?

The closest are 09619 (192.6 mi), 09620 (192.6 mi), 09621 (192.6 mi), 09625 (192.6 mi) and 09626 (192.6 mi).

Is 09605 a PO Box ZIP code?

09605 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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