El Empalme Geographic coordinates

El Empalme is in Guayas, Ecuador, at latitude -1.04491 and longitude -79.6384. It lies in the southern and western hemispheres, about 106 m above sea level.

Flag of Ecuador Guayas, Ecuador Southern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-1.04491, -79.6384

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

1.0449° S 79.6384° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

1°2'41.7'' S 79°38'18.2'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

17M 651501 9884473

Plus Code Open Location Code

67C2X946+2J

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

6pz65cc0f

Latitude and longitude of El Empalme

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -1.04491 -79.6384
Decimal Degrees (DD) 1.0449° S 79.6384° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 1°2'41.7'' S 79°38'18.2'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 1°2.695' S 79°38.304' W

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1.0449° S 79.6384° W
El Empalme, Ecuador Parallel and meridian of El Empalme Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about El Empalme

Distance to the equator 116 km (72 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 8,853 km (5,501 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 10,123 km (6,290 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 9,891 km (6,146 mi)
Elevation 106 m (348 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of El Empalme

El Empalme lies on the same parallel as cities like Nairobi (Kenya) and on the same meridian as cities like Toronto (Canada).

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

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