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09817

ZIP 09817 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/Istanbul
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
38.3502, 38.3167
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Where 09817 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 09817
  • 🔢 Type 09817 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 09817 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09816 (APO AE, a military post office, 567 mi away) and 09818 (APO AE, a military post office, 192 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09817 becomes 71890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01879, 07189, 07198, 07981, 09178, 09187, …). The farthest-flung twin is 91708 in Chino, CA, 7,209 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,386 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09817 and you would come out at 38.35°S, 141.68°W — 1,141 miles from Adamstown, Pitcairn, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09817

ZIPCityDistance
09838 FPO AE, AE 67.4 mi
09825 APO AE, AE 107.6 mi
09824 APO AE, AE 188.1 mi
09818 APO AE, AE 191.7 mi
09820 APO AE, AE 303.7 mi
09822 APO AE, AE 312.1 mi
09823 APO AE, AE 312.1 mi
09836 FPO AE, AE 351.0 mi
09830 APO AE, AE 476.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09817?

ZIP 09817 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 09817 in?

09817 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09817?

The closest are 09838 (67.4 mi), 09825 (107.6 mi), 09824 (188.1 mi), 09818 (191.7 mi) and 09820 (303.7 mi).

Is 09817 a PO Box ZIP code?

09817 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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