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96517

ZIP 96517 is military mail, not a town: FPO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. 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
34.2322, 132.5666
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Where 96517 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 96517
  • 🔢 Type 96517 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LISgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 96517 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96516 (FPO AA, a military post office, 2,956 mi away) and 96518 (APO AA, a military post office, 2,327 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96517 becomes 71569, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15679, 15697, 17569, 17965, 19567, 59716, …). The farthest-flung twin is 17569 in Reinholds, PA, 6,975 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,369 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96517 and you would come out at 34.23°S, 47.43°W — 331 miles from Pelotas, Brazil, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
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ZIP codes near 96517

ZIPCityDistance
96511 FPO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96310 FPO AA, AA 20.4 mi
96236 APO AA, AA 130.8 mi
96321 FPO AA, AA 179.5 mi
96322 FPO AA, AA 179.5 mi
96259 APO AA, AA 209.2 mi
96214 APO AA, AA 220.4 mi
96269 FPO AA, AA 223.6 mi
96201 APO AA, AA 229.3 mi
96202 APO AA, AA 229.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96517?

ZIP 96517 is military mail, not a town: FPO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 96517 in?

96517 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96517?

The closest are 96511 (0 mi), 96310 (20.4 mi), 96236 (130.8 mi), 96321 (179.5 mi) and 96322 (179.5 mi).

Is 96517 a PO Box ZIP code?

96517 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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