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96512

ZIP 96512 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
America/Adak
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
52.7242, 174.1189
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Where 96512 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 96512
  • 🔢 Type 96512 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZISgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,512 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 29. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96511 (FPO AA, a military post office, 2,396 mi away) and 96513 (APO AA, a military post office, 1,198 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96512 becomes 21569, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12569, 12956, 12965, 15629, 15692, 15926, …). The farthest-flung twin is 29516 in Blenheim, SC, 4,970 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯4,000 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96512 and you would come out at 52.72°S, 5.88°W — 1,253 miles from Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 7h 37m.
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ZIP codes near 96512

ZIPCityDistance
96507 FPO AA, AA 217.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96512?

ZIP 96512 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 96512 in?

96512 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96512?

The closest are 96507 (217 mi).

Is 96512 a PO Box ZIP code?

96512 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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