Qal‘ah-ye Shahr Geographic coordinates

Qal‘ah-ye Shahr is in Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan, at latitude 35.54729 and longitude 65.5676. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 2,136 m above sea level.

Flag of Afghanistan Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan Northern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

35.54729, 65.5676

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

35.5473° N 65.5676° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

35°32'50.2'' N 65°34'3.4'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

41S 732752 3936771

Plus Code Open Location Code

8J77GHW9+W2

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

tqqdhp0vg

Latitude and longitude of Qal‘ah-ye Shahr

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 35.54729 65.5676
Decimal Degrees (DD) 35.5473° N 65.5676° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 35°32'50.2'' N 65°34'3.4'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 35°32.837' N 65°34.056' E

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35.5473° N 65.5676° E
Qal‘ah-ye Shahr Parallel and meridian of Qal‘ah-ye Shahr Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Qal‘ah-ye Shahr

Distance to the equator 3,952 km (2,456 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,813 km (3,612 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 6,055 km (3,762 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 13,960 km (8,674 mi)
Elevation 2,136 m (7,008 ft)
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Qal‘ah-ye Shahr lies on the same parallel as cities like Tokyo (Japan) and on the same meridian as cities like Tyumen (Russia).

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About geographic coordinates

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of Qal‘ah-ye Shahr have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Besides latitude and longitude, there are other systems to express a location: UTM coordinates divide the world into 60 zones and express positions in meters; the Plus Code is an open short code used by Google Maps; and the geohash is a compact format widely used in software applications.

All formats correspond to the same reference point at the center of Qal‘ah-ye Shahr: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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