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09838

ZIP 09838 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
Europe/Istanbul
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.3810, 38.4573
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Where 09838 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 09838
  • 🔢 Type 09838 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,838 = 2 × 4919. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09837 (FPO AE, a military post office, 1,049 mi away) and 09839 (APO AE, a military post office, 653 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09838 becomes 83890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09883, 39088, 80938, 83809, 88039, 89803, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88039 in Glenwood, NM, 7,113 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,447 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09838 and you would come out at 37.38°S, 141.54°W — 1,085 miles from Adamstown, Pitcairn, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09838

ZIPCityDistance
09817 APO AE, AE 67.4 mi
09825 APO AE, AE 103.1 mi
09824 APO AE, AE 174.2 mi
09818 APO AE, AE 231.6 mi
09836 FPO AE, AE 322.0 mi
09822 APO AE, AE 349.4 mi
09823 APO AE, AE 349.4 mi
09820 APO AE, AE 365.6 mi
09892 FPO AE, AE 401.1 mi
09830 APO AE, AE 421.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09838?

ZIP 09838 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 09838 in?

09838 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09838?

The closest are 09817 (67.4 mi), 09825 (103.1 mi), 09824 (174.2 mi), 09818 (231.6 mi) and 09836 (322 mi).

Is 09838 a PO Box ZIP code?

09838 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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