This is Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 — 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 | Yamoussoukro |
|---|---|
| Population | about 25.7 million |
| Area | 329,827 km² (127,347 sq mi) |
| Region | Western Africa, Africa |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Ivory Coast |
| Also written | Costa de Marfil (es) · Côte d'Ivoire (fr) · 科特迪瓦 (zh) · ساحل العاج (ar) · Кот-д’Ивуар (ru) · コートジボワール (ja) |
Start near the middle of Ivory Coast and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 7.5406° S, 174.3174° E, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Tuvalu 🇹🇻, roughly 547 km (340 miles) west.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 550 km (342 miles) from the point.
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