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09642

ZIP 09642 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/Madrid
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
40.4165, -3.7026
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Where 09642 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 09642
  • 🔢 Type 09642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,642 = 2 × 3 × 1607. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09641 (APO AE, a military post office, 0 mi away) and 09643 (APO AE, a military post office, 96 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09642 becomes 24690, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02649, 04629, 04926, 04962, 06249, 06492, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96204 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,213 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯4,737 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09642 and you would come out at 40.42°S, 176.30°E — 100 miles from Wellington, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09642

ZIPCityDistance
09641 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09647 APO AE, AE 24.9 mi
09643 APO AE, AE 96.3 mi
09646 APO AE, AE 170.3 mi
09644 FPO AE, AE 298.8 mi
09645 FPO AE, AE 298.8 mi
09726 APO AE, AE 312.1 mi
09718 APO AE, AE 474.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09642?

ZIP 09642 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 09642 in?

09642 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09642?

The closest are 09641 (0 mi), 09647 (24.9 mi), 09643 (96.3 mi), 09646 (170.3 mi) and 09644 (298.8 mi).

Is 09642 a PO Box ZIP code?

09642 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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