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09806

ZIP 09806 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
Asia/Riyadh
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
28.3356, 46.1247
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Where 09806 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 09806
  • 🔢 Type 09806 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,806 = 2 × 4903. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09805 (APO AE, a military post office, 297 mi away) and 09808 (APO AE, a military post office, 283 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09806 becomes 60890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00698, 00968, 00986, 06089, 06098, 06890, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90806 in Long Beach, CA, 8,022 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯7,209 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09806 and you would come out at 28.34°S, 133.88°W — 324 miles from Adamstown, Pitcairn, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 20m.
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ZIP codes near 09806

ZIPCityDistance
09602 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09648 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09655 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09745 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09762 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09803 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09848 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09850 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09851 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi
09852 APO AE, AE 254.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09806?

ZIP 09806 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 09806 in?

09806 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09806?

The closest are 09602 (254.7 mi), 09648 (254.7 mi), 09655 (254.7 mi), 09745 (254.7 mi) and 09762 (254.7 mi).

Is 09806 a PO Box ZIP code?

09806 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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