Grand-Bassam Geographic coordinates

Grand-Bassam is in Comoé District, Ivory Coast, at latitude 5.2118 and longitude -3.73884. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

Flag of Ivory Coast Comoé District, Ivory Coast Northern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

5.2118, -3.73884

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

5.2118° N 3.7388° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

5°12'42.5'' N 3°44'19.8'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

30N 418121 576124

Plus Code Open Location Code

6CQR6766+PF

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

ebvmduv2y

Latitude and longitude of Grand-Bassam

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 5.2118 -3.73884
Decimal Degrees (DD) 5.2118° N 3.7388° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 5°12'42.5'' N 3°44'19.8'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 5°12.708' N 3°44.33' W

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5.2118° N 3.7388° W
Grand-Bassam Parallel and meridian of Grand-Bassam Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Grand-Bassam

Distance to the equator 579 km (360 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 414 km (257 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 9,428 km (5,858 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 10,587 km (6,578 mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Grand-Bassam

Grand-Bassam lies near the same parallel as cities like Bogotá (Colombia) and on the same meridian as cities like Madrid (Spain).

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

More about Grand-Bassam and Ivory Coast

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