Rumāh Geographic coordinates

Rumāh is in Muhafazat Hadramaout, Yemen, at latitude 17.45532 and longitude 50.57789. It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 697 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

17.45532, 50.57789

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

17.4553° N 50.5779° E

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

17°27'19.2'' N 50°34'40.4'' E

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

39Q 455179 1929975

Plus Code Open Location Code

7H9GFH4H+45

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

t55gqctsw

Latitude and longitude of Rumāh

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 17.45532 50.57789
Decimal Degrees (DD) 17.4553° N 50.5779° E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 17°27'19.2'' N 50°34'40.4'' E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 17°27.319' N 50°34.673' E

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17.4553° N 50.5779° E
Rumāh, Yemen Parallel and meridian of Rumāh Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Rumāh

Distance to the equator 1,941 km (1,206 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 5,348 km (3,323 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,066 km (5,012 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,948 km (7,424 mi)
Elevation 697 m (2,287 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Rumāh

Rumāh lies near the same parallel as cities like Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and near the same meridian as cities like Tehran (Iran).

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

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