Faya-Largeau Geographic coordinates

Faya-Largeau is in Borkou, Chad, at latitude 17.9257 and longitude 19.10428. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 242 m above sea level.

Flag of Chad Borkou, Chad Northern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

17.9257, 19.10428

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

17.9257° N 19.1043° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

17°55'32.5'' N 19°6'15.4'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

34Q 299200 1982988

Plus Code Open Location Code

7F9XW4G3+7P

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

s7jtfxr2c

Latitude and longitude of Faya-Largeau

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 17.9257 19.10428
Decimal Degrees (DD) 17.9257° N 19.1043° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 17°55'32.5'' N 19°6'15.4'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 17°55.542' N 19°6.257' E

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17.9257° N 19.1043° E
Faya-Largeau Parallel and meridian of Faya-Largeau Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Faya-Largeau

Distance to the equator 1,993 km (1,238 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 2,020 km (1,255 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,014 km (4,980 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 12,000 km (7,457 mi)
Elevation 242 m (794 ft)
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Faya-Largeau lies near the same parallel as cities like Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and on the same meridian as cities like Budapest (Hungary).

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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 Faya-Largeau 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 Faya-Largeau: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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