This is Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Capital | Baku |
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| Population | about 10.0 million |
| Area | 91,133 km² (35,187 sq mi) |
| Region | Western Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Azerbaijan |
| Also written | Azerbaiyán (es) · Azerbaïdjan (fr) · 阿塞拜疆 (zh) · أذربيجان (ar) · Азербайджан (ru) · アゼルバイジャン (ja) |
Start near the middle of Azerbaijan and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 40.0380° S, 132.3648° W, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳, roughly 1,778 km (1,105 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 3,000 km (1,864 miles) from the point.
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