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09898

ZIP 09898 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
26.2886, 50.1140
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Where 09898 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 09898
  • 🔢 Type 09898 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGBGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,898 = 2 × 7 × 7 × 101. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09897 (APO AE, a military post office, 239 mi away) and 10001 (New York, NY, 6,582 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09898 becomes 89890, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08899, 08989, 09889, 98089, 98908). The farthest-flung twin is 98908 in Yakima, WA, 7,366 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯7,444 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09898 and you would come out at 26.29°S, 129.89°W — 86 miles from Adamstown, Pitcairn, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 29m.
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ZIP codes near 09898

ZIPCityDistance
09604 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09658 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09680 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09681 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09682 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09683 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09734 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09738 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09740 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09746 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09898?

ZIP 09898 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 09898 in?

09898 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09898?

The closest are 09604 (0 mi), 09658 (0 mi), 09680 (0 mi), 09681 (0 mi) and 09682 (0 mi).

Is 09898 a PO Box ZIP code?

09898 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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