Houinvigue Geographic coordinates

Houinvigue is in Ouémé, Benin, at latitude 6.8862 and longitude 2.4806. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 74 m above sea level.

Flag of Benin Ouémé, Benin Northern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

6.8862, 2.4806

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

6.8862° N 2.4806° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

6°53'10.3'' N 2°28'50.2'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

31N 442617 761200

Plus Code Open Location Code

6FR4VFPJ+F6

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

s11z0mw74

Latitude and longitude of Houinvigue

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 6.8862 2.4806
Decimal Degrees (DD) 6.8862° N 2.4806° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 6°53'10.3'' N 2°28'50.2'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 6°53.172' N 2°28.836' E

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6.8862° N 2.4806° E
Houinvigue Parallel and meridian of Houinvigue Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Houinvigue

Distance to the equator 766 km (476 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 274 km (170 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 9,241 km (5,742 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 10,773 km (6,694 mi)
Elevation 74 m (243 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Houinvigue

Houinvigue lies on the same parallel as cities like Lagos (Nigeria) and on the same meridian as cities like Paris (France).

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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 Houinvigue 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 Houinvigue: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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