Dig straight down through Aruba 🇦🇼 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are Aruba's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 106,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 155 km² (60 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Also written | Aruba (es) · Aruba (fr) · 阿鲁巴 (zh) · أروبا (ar) · Аруба (ru) · アルバ (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Aruba, that point sits at 12.5237° S, 110.0113° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 489 km (304 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Surakarta, Indonesia, about 559 km (347 miles) from the point.
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