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96278

ZIP 96278 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
37.0906, 127.0296
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Where 96278 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 96278
  • 🔢 Type 96278 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLZgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,278 = 2 × 7 × 13 × 23 × 23. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100000010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96276 (APO AA, a military post office, 33 mi away) and 96283 (APO AA, a military post office, 147 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96278 becomes 87269, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27698, 27869, 27896, 27968, 27986, 28679, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27968 in Rodanthe, NC, 7,207 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,386 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96278 and you would come out at 37.09°S, 52.97°W — 235 miles from Montevideo, Uruguay, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96278

ZIPCityDistance
96266 APO AA, AA 4.8 mi
96267 APO AA, AA 4.8 mi
96271 APO AA, AA 8.9 mi
96272 APO AA, AA 8.9 mi
96261 APO AA, AA 13.9 mi
96203 APO AA, AA 30.8 mi
96204 APO AA, AA 30.8 mi
96205 APO AA, AA 30.8 mi
96206 APO AA, AA 30.8 mi
96207 APO AA, AA 30.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96278?

ZIP 96278 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 96278 in?

96278 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96278?

The closest are 96266 (4.8 mi), 96267 (4.8 mi), 96271 (8.9 mi), 96272 (8.9 mi) and 96261 (13.9 mi).

Is 96278 a PO Box ZIP code?

96278 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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