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88213

ZIP 88213 is Caprock, New Mexico, in Lea County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Lea
Metro area
Hobbs, NM
Coordinates
33.3939, -103.6390

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 88267, 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 88213
  • 🔢 Type 88213 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EIZBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,213 = 17 × 5189. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88211 (Artesia, NM, 60 mi away) and 88220 (Carlsbad, NM, 87 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88213 becomes 31288, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12838, 12883, 18328, 18823, 18832, 21838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12883 in Ticonderoga, NY, 1,764 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯525 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88213 and you would come out at 33.39°S, 76.36°E — 1,146 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 88213

ZIPCityDistance
88114 Crossroads, NM 14.3 mi
88267 Tatum, NM 15.7 mi
88262 Mcdonald, NM 22.9 mi
88203 Roswell, NM 25.7 mi
88260 Lovington, NM 31.4 mi
88122 Kenna, NM 31.9 mi
88125 Milnesand, NM 32.1 mi
88126 Pep, NM 32.7 mi
88116 Elida, NM 36.1 mi
88123 Lingo, NM 36.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88213?

88213 is in Caprock, New Mexico, in Lea County, part of the Hobbs, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.3939, -103.6390.

What county is 88213 in?

88213 lies in Lea County.

What area code is 88213?

Caprock uses area code 575, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 88213 in?

88213 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 88213?

The closest are 88114 (14.3 mi), 88267 (15.7 mi), 88262 (22.9 mi), 88203 (25.7 mi) and 88260 (31.4 mi).

Is 88213 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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