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96236

ZIP 96236 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/Tokyo
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
33.6000, 130.4167
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Where 96236 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 96236
  • 🔢 Type 96236 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEZgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,236 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 7 × 491. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011111101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96231 (APO AA, a military post office, 253 mi away) and 96257 (APO AA, a military post office, 344 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96236 becomes 63269, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23669, 23696, 23966, 26369, 29636, 32669, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32966 in Vero Beach, FL, 7,737 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,477 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96236 and you would come out at 33.60°S, 49.58°W — 204 miles from Pelotas, Brazil, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96236

ZIPCityDistance
96321 FPO AA, AA 50.3 mi
96322 FPO AA, AA 50.3 mi
96310 FPO AA, AA 110.5 mi
96201 APO AA, AA 130.2 mi
96202 APO AA, AA 130.2 mi
96259 APO AA, AA 130.2 mi
96511 FPO AA, AA 130.8 mi
96517 FPO AA, AA 130.8 mi
96269 FPO AA, AA 138.2 mi
96214 APO AA, AA 142.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96236?

ZIP 96236 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 96236 in?

96236 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96236?

The closest are 96321 (50.3 mi), 96322 (50.3 mi), 96310 (110.5 mi), 96201 (130.2 mi) and 96202 (130.2 mi).

Is 96236 a PO Box ZIP code?

96236 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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