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96540

ZIP 96540 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
Pacific/Guam
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
13.4757, 144.7489

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 96910, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96540 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 96540
  • 🔢 Type 96540 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhSgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,540 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 1609. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96539 (FPO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away) and 96541 (APO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96540 becomes 04569, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04956, 04965, 05469, 05649, 06459, 06495, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09645 in FPO AE, a military post office, 8,497 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,959 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96540 and you would come out at 13.48°S, 35.25°W — 214 miles from Camaçari, Brazil, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 12h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 20m.
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ZIP codes near 96540

ZIPCityDistance
96539 FPO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96541 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96542 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96543 APO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96932 Hagatna, GU 0.2 mi
96910 Hagatna, GU 1.7 mi
96921 Barrigada, GU 3.2 mi
96911 Tamuning, GU 3.3 mi
96912 Dededo, GU 3.3 mi
96914 Yona, GU 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96540?

ZIP 96540 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 96540 in?

96540 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96540?

The closest are 96539 (0 mi), 96541 (0 mi), 96542 (0 mi), 96543 (0 mi) and 96932 (0.2 mi).

Is 96540 a PO Box ZIP code?

96540 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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