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22212

ZIP 22212 is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County; area codes 571 and 703; Eastern time. Arlington has 27 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Arlington
Coordinates
38.8808, -77.1129

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 22203, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 22212 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 22212
  • 🔢 Type 22212 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIZZZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 22,212 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 617. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101011011000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 22211 (Fort Myer, VA, 2 mi away) and 22213 (Arlington, VA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 22212 becomes 21222 — and that is a real ZIP code: Dundalk, MD, 42 miles away.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12222, 21222, 22122). The farthest-flung twin is 12222 in Albany, NY, 314 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,146 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 22212 and you would come out at 38.88°S, 102.89°E — 872 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 22212

ZIPCityDistance
22210 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22215 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22216 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22217 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22219 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22225 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22227 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22241 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22246 Arlington, VA 0.0 mi
22230 Arlington, VA 0.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 22212?

22212 is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8808, -77.1129.

What county is 22212 in?

22212 lies in Arlington County.

What area code is 22212?

Arlington uses area codes 571 and 703, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 22212 in?

22212 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 22212?

The closest are 22210 (0 mi), 22215 (0 mi), 22216 (0 mi), 22217 (0 mi) and 22219 (0 mi).

Is 22212 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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