El Sauce Geographic coordinates

El Sauce is in León Department, Nicaragua, at latitude 12.88687 and longitude -86.53903. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 173 m above sea level.

Flag of Nicaragua León Department, Nicaragua Northern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

12.88687, -86.53903

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

12.8869° N 86.539° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

12°53'12.7'' N 86°32'20.5'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

16P 550011 1424670

Plus Code Open Location Code

764MVFP6+P9

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

d463qcbpq

Latitude and longitude of El Sauce

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 12.88687 -86.53903
Decimal Degrees (DD) 12.8869° N 86.539° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 12°53'12.7'' N 86°32'20.5'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 12°53.212' N 86°32.342' W

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12.8869° N 86.539° W
El Sauce, Nicaragua Parallel and meridian of El Sauce Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about El Sauce

Distance to the equator 1,433 km (890 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 9,323 km (5,793 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,574 km (5,328 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,440 km (7,108 mi)
Elevation 173 m (568 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of El Sauce

El Sauce lies near the same parallel as cities like Bangkok (Thailand) and near the same meridian as cities like Tegucigalpa (Honduras).

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

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