Tacuarembó Geographic coordinates

Tacuarembó is in Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay, at latitude -31.71882 and longitude -55.97925. It lies in the southern and western hemispheres, about 123 m above sea level.

Flag of Uruguay Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay Southern · Western Hemisphere
Decimal coordinates Simple standard

-31.71882, -55.97925

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

31.7188° S 55.9793° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

31°43'7.8'' S 55°58'45.3'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

21J 596711 6490277

Plus Code Open Location Code

48W672JC+F7

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

6f25w1v0k

Latitude and longitude of Tacuarembó

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard -31.71882 -55.97925
Decimal Degrees (DD) 31.7188° S 55.9793° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 31°43'7.8'' S 55°58'45.3'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 31°43.129' S 55°58.755' W

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31.7188° S 55.9793° W
Tacuarembó Parallel and meridian of Tacuarembó Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Tacuarembó

Distance to the equator 3,527 km (2,191 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,232 km (3,251 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 13,534 km (8,410 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 6,480 km (4,027 mi)
Elevation 123 m (404 ft)
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Tacuarembó lies on the same parallel as cities like Perth (Australia) and on the same meridian as cities like Paramaribo (Suriname).

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

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