Medjez el Bab Geographic coordinates

Medjez el Bab is in Béja Governorate, Tunisia, at latitude 36.64964 and longitude 9.61231. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 51 m above sea level.

Flag of Tunisia Béja Governorate, Tunisia Northern · Eastern Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

36.64964, 9.61231

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

36.6496° N 9.6123° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

36°38'58.7'' N 9°36'44.3'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

32S 554730 4056182

Plus Code Open Location Code

8F8FJJX6+VW

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

snwb6xz7x

Latitude and longitude of Medjez el Bab

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 36.64964 9.61231
Decimal Degrees (DD) 36.6496° N 9.6123° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 36°38'58.7'' N 9°36'44.3'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 36°38.978' N 9°36.739' E

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36.6496° N 9.6123° E
Medjez el Bab Parallel and meridian of Medjez el Bab Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Medjez el Bab

Distance to the equator 4,075 km (2,532 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 857 km (533 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,932 km (3,686 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,082 km (8,750 mi)
Elevation 51 m (167 ft)
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Medjez el Bab lies near the same parallel as cities like Tokyo (Japan) and on the same meridian as cities like Hamburg (Germany).

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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 Medjez el Bab 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 Medjez el Bab: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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