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09887

ZIP 09887 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
24.6877, 46.7218
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Where 09887 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 09887
  • 🔢 Type 09887 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 09887 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09886 (APO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away) and 09888 (APO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09887 becomes 78890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08879, 09878, 70898, 79088, 89087, 97880, …). The farthest-flung twin is 89087 in North Las Vegas, NV, 8,065 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯7,450 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09887 and you would come out at 24.69°S, 133.28°W — 201 miles from Adamstown, Pitcairn, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 36m.
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ZIP codes near 09887

ZIPCityDistance
09602 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09648 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09655 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09745 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09762 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09803 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09848 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09850 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09851 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09852 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09887?

ZIP 09887 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 09887 in?

09887 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09887?

The closest are 09602 (0 mi), 09648 (0 mi), 09655 (0 mi), 09745 (0 mi) and 09762 (0 mi).

Is 09887 a PO Box ZIP code?

09887 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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