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Where 71359 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 71359 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSEIL — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ 71359 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
10001011010111111 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71358 (Palmetto, LA, 54 mi away) and 71360 (Pineville, LA, 4 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 71359 becomes 95317 — and that is a real ZIP code: El Nido, CA, 1,647 miles away.
- 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13795, 15379, 15739, 15937, 17935, 17953, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97135 in Pacific City, OR, 1,943 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
- 🎯681 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71359 and you would come out at 31.32°S, 87.57°E — 1,450 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 06m.
- 📏 At 0.132 square miles of land, 71359 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 64 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
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Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 219This ZIP219 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Median age | 19.9This ZIP19.9Louisiana38.0US 38.9 |
| Mean commute | 5.5 minThis ZIP5.5 min |
| Population density | 1,659.1 / sq miThis ZIP1,659.1 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
Other place names in 71359
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 71359
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
71306 | Alexandria, LA | 1.4 mi |
71361 | Pineville, LA | 3.1 mi |
71301 | Alexandria, LA | 4.2 mi |
71360 | Pineville, LA | 4.3 mi |
71348 | Libuse, LA | 5.8 mi |
71405 | Ball, LA | 6.0 mi |
71303 | Alexandria, LA | 7.7 mi |
71302 | Alexandria, LA | 9.4 mi |
71307 | Alexandria, LA | 10.3 mi |
71309 | Alexandria, LA | 11.5 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 71359?
71359 is in Pineville, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish, part of the Alexandria, LA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.3247, -92.4263.
What county is 71359 in?
71359 lies in Rapides Parish.
What area code is 71359?
Pineville uses area code 318, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 71359 in?
71359 uses America/Chicago.
How many people live in 71359?
About 219 people live in ZIP code 71359, at 1,659.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 71359?
The closest are 71306 (1.4 mi), 71361 (3.1 mi), 71301 (4.2 mi), 71360 (4.3 mi) and 71348 (5.8 mi).
Is 71359 a PO Box ZIP code?
71359 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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