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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/96898

96898

ZIP 96898 is Wake Island, Hawaii, in Honolulu County.

Type
No street area
Time zone
Pacific/Wake
County
Honolulu
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Coordinates
19.2836, 166.6419

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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Where 96898 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 96898
  • 🔢 Type 96898 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,898 = 2 × 48449. Its digits add up to 40, a total 17 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101010000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96863 (Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, HI, 2,307 mi away) and 96910 (Hagatna, GU, 1,505 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96898 becomes 89869, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (99688). The farthest-flung twin is 99688 in Willow, AK, 3,608 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯5,618 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96898 and you would come out at 19.28°S, 13.36°W — 554 miles from Jamestown, Saint Helena, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 58m.
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ZIP codes near 96898

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96518 APO AA, AA 0.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96898?

96898 is in Wake Island, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 19.2836, 166.6419.

What county is 96898 in?

96898 lies in Honolulu County.

What time zone is 96898 in?

96898 uses Pacific/Wake.

What ZIP codes are near 96898?

The closest are 96518 (0.2 mi).

Is 96898 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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