71172

ZIP 71172 is in Bossier City, Louisiana, in Bossier Parish; area code 318; Central time. Bossier City has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 71111, 71112, 71113 and 71171.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Bossier
Metro area: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
Coordinates: 32.6276, -93.6090

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 71006, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 71172

🔢 Type 71172 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLIIL — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 71,172 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 659. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011000000100
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71171 (Bossier City, LA, 11 mi away) and 71201 (Monroe, LA, 88 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 71172 becomes 27117 — and that is a real ZIP code: Winston-Salem, NC, 799 miles away.
👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11727, 11772, 12177, 12771, 17127, 17217, …). The farthest-flung twin is 11727 in Coram, NY, 1,271 miles away.
🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
🎯569 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71172 and you would come out at 32.63°S, 86.39°E — 1,424 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.

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ZIP codes near 71172

ZIP	City	Distance
`71113`	Bossier City, LA	0.0 mi
`71111`	Bossier City, LA	6.3 mi
`71006`	Benton, LA	7.5 mi
`71102`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi
`71120`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi
`71130`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi
`71133`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi
`71134`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi
`71135`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi
`71136`	Shreveport, LA	8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71172?

71172 is in Bossier City, Louisiana, in Bossier Parish, part of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6276, -93.6090.

What county is 71172 in?

71172 lies in Bossier Parish.

What area code is 71172?

Bossier City uses area code 318, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71172 in?

71172 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 71172?

The closest are 71113 (0 mi), 71111 (6.3 mi), 71006 (7.5 mi), 71102 (8.5 mi) and 71120 (8.5 mi).

Is 71172 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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