Tarkwa Geographic coordinates

Tarkwa is in Western, Ghana, at latitude 5.30383 and longitude -1.98956. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 86 m above sea level.

Western, Ghana Northern · Western Hemisphere

Decimal coordinates Simple standard

5.30383, -1.98956

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

5.3038° N 1.9896° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

5°18'13.8'' N 1°59'22.4'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

30N 611964 586341

Plus Code Open Location Code

6CQW8236+G5

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

ebyw4tx1p

Latitude and longitude of Tarkwa

System	Description	Lat. Latitude	Long. Longitude
Decimal standard	Numeric format used in software and APIs	5.30383	-1.98956
Decimal Degrees (DD)	Degrees with a decimal fraction and hemisphere	5.3038° N	1.9896° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)	Classic sexagesimal notation used on maps	5°18'13.8'' N	1°59'22.4'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM)	Used in navigation and nautical charting	5°18.23' N	1°59.374' W

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5.3038° N 1.9896° W

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Geographic facts about Tarkwa

Distance to the equator 590 km (366 mi)

Distance to the Greenwich meridian 220 km (137 mi)

Distance to the North Pole 9,417 km (5,852 mi)

Distance to the South Pole 10,597 km (6,585 mi)

Elevation 86 m (282 ft)

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Tarkwa lies near the same parallel as cities like Bogotá (Colombia) and on the same meridian as cities like Birmingham (United Kingdom).

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

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