This is Romania 🇷🇴 — 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 | Bucharest |
|---|---|
| Population | about 19.4 million |
| Area | 238,379 km² (92,039 sq mi) |
| Region | Eastern Europe, Europe |
| Economy | Developed region: nonG7 |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Also written | Rumania (es) · Roumanie (fr) · 罗马尼亚 (zh) · رومانيا (ar) · Румыния (ru) · ルーマニア (ja) |
Start near the middle of Romania and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 46.0360° S, 155.7883° W, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is New Zealand 🇳🇿, roughly 1,602 km (995 miles) east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Napier, New Zealand, about 2,330 km (1,448 miles) from the point.
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