This is Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 — 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 | Colombo |
|---|---|
| Population | about 21.8 million |
| Area | 65,358 km² (25,235 sq mi) |
| Region | Southern Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Official name | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| Also written | Sri Lanka (es) · Sri Lanka (fr) · 斯里兰卡 (zh) · سريلانكا (ar) · Шри-Ланка (ru) · スリランカ (ja) |
Start near the middle of Sri Lanka and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 7.8619° S, 99.3162° W, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Ecuador 🇪🇨, roughly 1,161 km (721 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 1,285 km (798 miles) from the point.
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