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96847

ZIP 96847 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
21.3022, -157.8443

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 96814, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96847 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 96847
  • 🔢 Type 96847 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 96847 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101001001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96846 (Honolulu, HI, 2 mi away) and 96848 (Honolulu, HI, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96847 becomes 74869 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sparks, OK, 3,780 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46789, 46798, 46897, 46978, 46987, 47869, …). The farthest-flung twin is 49786 in Kincheloe, MI, 4,391 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 96847 and you would come out at 21.30°S, 22.16°E — 333 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 96847

ZIPCityDistance
96823 Honolulu, HI 0.4 mi
96843 Honolulu, HI 0.6 mi
96814 Honolulu, HI 0.8 mi
96836 Honolulu, HI 0.9 mi
96803 Honolulu, HI 1.0 mi
96804 Honolulu, HI 1.0 mi
96812 Honolulu, HI 1.0 mi
96805 Honolulu, HI 1.0 mi
96806 Honolulu, HI 1.0 mi
96807 Honolulu, HI 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96847?

96847 is in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 21.3022, -157.8443.

What county is 96847 in?

96847 lies in Honolulu County.

What area code is 96847?

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

What time zone is 96847 in?

96847 uses Pacific/Honolulu.

What ZIP codes are near 96847?

The closest are 96823 (0.4 mi), 96843 (0.6 mi), 96814 (0.8 mi), 96836 (0.9 mi) and 96803 (1 mi).

Is 96847 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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