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09846

ZIP 09846 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/Athens
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
35.3279, 25.1434
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Where 09846 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 09846
  • 🔢 Type 09846 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,846 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 547. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09845 (APO AE, a military post office, 207 mi away) and 09847 (FPO AE, a military post office, 201 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09846 becomes 64890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04986, 06489, 06498, 09468, 09648, 09864, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96804 in Honolulu, HI, 8,519 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,129 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09846 and you would come out at 35.33°S, 154.86°W — 1,020 miles from Avarua, Cook Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09846

ZIPCityDistance
09865 FPO AE, AE 57.9 mi
09840 APO AE, AE 199.6 mi
09841 APO AE, AE 199.6 mi
09842 APO AE, AE 199.6 mi
09847 FPO AE, AE 201.3 mi
09845 APO AE, AE 207.4 mi
09819 APO AE, AE 240.0 mi
09821 APO AE, AE 240.0 mi
09843 FPO AE, AE 284.9 mi
09816 APO AE, AE 334.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09846?

ZIP 09846 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 09846 in?

09846 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09846?

The closest are 09865 (57.9 mi), 09840 (199.6 mi), 09841 (199.6 mi), 09842 (199.6 mi) and 09847 (201.3 mi).

Is 09846 a PO Box ZIP code?

09846 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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