Dig straight down through Palestine 🇵🇸 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Polynesia 🇵🇫. Below are Palestine's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 4.69 million |
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| Area | 5,035 km² (1,944 sq mi) |
| Region | Western Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Official name | West Bank and Gaza |
| Also written | Palestina (es) · Palestine (fr) · 巴勒斯坦 (zh) · فلسطين (ar) · Палестина (ru) · パレスチナ (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Palestine, that point sits at 32.1303° S, 144.6985° W. The nearest coast is French Polynesia 🇵🇫, roughly 1,393 km (866 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 1,695 km (1,053 miles) from the point.
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