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79943

ZIP 79943 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County; area code 915; Mountain time. El Paso has 137 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso
Metro area
El Paso, TX
Coordinates
31.7587, -106.4869

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 79901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 79943 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 79943
  • 🔢 Type 79943 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 79943 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: 10011100001000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79942 (El Paso, TX, 12 mi away) and 79944 (El Paso, TX, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79943 becomes 34997 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stuart, FL, 1,607 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34979, 34997, 39479, 47993, 49739, 49793, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99734 in Prudhoe Bay, AK, 3,121 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯712 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79943 and you would come out at 31.76°S, 73.51°E — 1,227 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 04m.
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ZIP codes near 79943

ZIPCityDistance
79941 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79944 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79945 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79946 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79947 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79948 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79949 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79950 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79951 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi
79952 El Paso, TX 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79943?

79943 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.7587, -106.4869.

What county is 79943 in?

79943 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79943?

El Paso uses area code 915, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79943 in?

79943 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 79943?

The closest are 79941 (0 mi), 79944 (0 mi), 79945 (0 mi), 79946 (0 mi) and 79947 (0 mi).

Is 79943 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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