Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Nanchang, China 🇨🇳, home to about 2.35 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 28.6819° S, 64.1219° W. That puts Nanchang among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Nanchang, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 28.6819° N, 115.8781° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 28.6819° S, 64.1219° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Tucumán, Argentina — 234 km (145 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Nanchang's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Tucumán, Argentina, about 234 km (145 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Nanchang; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (28.6819° N becomes 28.6819° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (115.8781° E becomes 64.1219° W). More on how antipodes work.
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