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09835

ZIP 09835 is military mail, not a town: FPO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Africa/Cairo
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
30.0626, 31.2497
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Where 09835 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 09835
  • 🔢 Type 09835 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SEBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,835 = 5 × 7 × 281. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09834 (FPO AE, a military post office, 1,208 mi away) and 09836 (FPO AE, a military post office, 374 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09835 becomes 53890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03589, 03598, 03859, 05839, 09358, 09853, …). The farthest-flung twin is 90853 in Long Beach, CA, 7,598 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,634 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09835 and you would come out at 30.06°S, 148.75°W — 867 miles from Papeete, French Polynesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09835

ZIPCityDistance
09839 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09893 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09832 APO AE, AE 184.9 mi
09833 APO AE, AE 238.0 mi
09830 APO AE, AE 251.2 mi
09892 FPO AE, AE 307.2 mi
09810 APO AE, AE 340.8 mi
09836 FPO AE, AE 374.0 mi
09846 APO AE, AE 508.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09835?

ZIP 09835 is military mail, not a town: FPO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 09835 in?

09835 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09835?

The closest are 09839 (0 mi), 09893 (0 mi), 09832 (184.9 mi), 09833 (238 mi) and 09830 (251.2 mi).

Is 09835 a PO Box ZIP code?

09835 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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