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96838

ZIP 96838 is in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Honolulu County; area code 808; Hawaii-Aleutian time. Honolulu has 41 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
Pacific/Honolulu
County
Honolulu
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Coordinates
21.3490, -157.8750

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 96819, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96838 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 96838
  • 🔢 Type 96838 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,838 = 2 × 7 × 6917. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101001000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96837 (Honolulu, HI, 2 mi away) and 96839 (Honolulu, HI, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96838 becomes 83869 — and that is a real ZIP code: Spirit Lake, ID, 2,914 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (38869, 39886, 68938, 83869, 98368, 98386, …). The farthest-flung twin is 39886 in Shellman, GA, 4,504 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯3,679 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96838 and you would come out at 21.35°S, 22.13°E — 332 miles from Gaborone, Botswana, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 50m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96838

ZIPCityDistance
96819 Honolulu, HI 0.2 mi
96858 Fort Shafter, HI 0.6 mi
96859 Tripler Army Medical Center, HI 1.2 mi
96846 Honolulu, HI 2.0 mi
96837 Honolulu, HI 2.5 mi
96841 Honolulu, HI 2.9 mi
96849 Honolulu, HI 2.9 mi
96813 Honolulu, HI 3.0 mi
96840 Honolulu, HI 3.1 mi
96820 Honolulu, HI 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96838?

96838 is in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 21.3490, -157.8750.

What county is 96838 in?

96838 lies in Honolulu County.

What area code is 96838?

Honolulu uses area code 808, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96838 in?

96838 uses Pacific/Honolulu.

What ZIP codes are near 96838?

The closest are 96819 (0.2 mi), 96858 (0.6 mi), 96859 (1.2 mi), 96846 (2 mi) and 96837 (2.5 mi).

Is 96838 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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