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96203

ZIP 96203 is military mail, not a town: APO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Asia/Seoul
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.5339, 126.9775
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Where 96203 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 96203
  • 🔢 Type 96203 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOZgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,203 = 17 × 5659. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011111001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96202 (APO AA, a military post office, 214 mi away) and 96204 (APO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96203 becomes 30269 — and that is a real ZIP code: Peachtree City, GA, 7,133 miles away.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02639, 03269, 06239, 09263, 20639, 20693, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32960 in Vero Beach, FL, 7,597 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,362 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96203 and you would come out at 37.53°S, 53.02°W — 250 miles from Mar del Plata, Argentina, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
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ZIP codes near 96203

ZIPCityDistance
96204 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96205 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96206 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96207 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96276 APO AA, AA 2.2 mi
96257 APO AA, AA 15.4 mi
96258 APO AA, AA 15.4 mi
96261 APO AA, AA 16.9 mi
96266 APO AA, AA 26.9 mi
96267 APO AA, AA 26.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96203?

ZIP 96203 is military mail, not a town: APO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 96203 in?

96203 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96203?

The closest are 96204 (0 mi), 96205 (0 mi), 96206 (0 mi), 96207 (0 mi) and 96276 (2.2 mi).

Is 96203 a PO Box ZIP code?

96203 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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