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96542

ZIP 96542 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
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 96542 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 96542
  • 🔢 Type 96542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,542 = 2 × 48271. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96541 (APO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away) and 96543 (APO AA, a military post office, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96542 becomes 24569 — and that is a real ZIP code: Long Island, VA, 7,931 miles away.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24569, 25649, 29456, 29465, 29546, 29564, …). The farthest-flung twin is 29465 in Mount Pleasant, SC, 8,092 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 96542 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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Land area

ZIP codes near 96542

ZIPCityDistance
96539 FPO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96540 FPO AA, AA 0.0 mi
96541 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 96542?

ZIP 96542 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 96542 in?

96542 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96542?

The closest are 96539 (0 mi), 96540 (0 mi), 96541 (0 mi), 96543 (0 mi) and 96932 (0.2 mi).

Is 96542 a PO Box ZIP code?

96542 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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