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96522

ZIP 96522 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/Hong_Kong
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
22.2783, 114.1747
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Where 96522 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 96522
  • 🔢 Type 96522 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZSgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,522 = 2 × 3 × 16087. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96521 (FPO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away) and 96531 (FPO AA, a military post office, 5,862 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96522 becomes 22569, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22965, 25692, 25962, 26259, 29526, 29625, …). The farthest-flung twin is 29526 in Conway, SC, 8,462 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯7,654 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96522 and you would come out at 22.28°S, 65.83°W — 137 miles from San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96522

ZIPCityDistance
96521 FPO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96447 APO AA, AA 559.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96522?

ZIP 96522 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 96522 in?

96522 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96522?

The closest are 96521 (0 mi) and 96447 (559.5 mi).

Is 96522 a PO Box ZIP code?

96522 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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