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96549

ZIP 96549 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
Australia/Sydney
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
-35.3065, 149.1162
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Where 96549 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 96549
  • 🔢 Type 96549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhSgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,549 = 3 × 32183. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96548 (APO AA, a military post office, 1,215 mi away) and 96550 (FPO AA, a military post office, 2,299 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96549 becomes 94569 — and that is a real ZIP code: Port Costa, CA, 7,598 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45699, 46959, 46995, 49659, 49965, 54969, …). The farthest-flung twin is 45699 in Lucasville, OH, 9,594 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯8,806 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96549 and you would come out at 35.31°N, 30.88°W — 1,035 miles from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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ZIP codes near 96549

ZIPCityDistance
96553 APO AA, AA 155.0 mi
96554 APO AA, AA 155.0 mi
96551 APO AA, AA 288.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96549?

ZIP 96549 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 96549 in?

96549 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96549?

The closest are 96553 (155 mi), 96554 (155 mi) and 96551 (288.8 mi).

Is 96549 a PO Box ZIP code?

96549 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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