Dig straight down through Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 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 Ecuador 🇪🇨. Below are Sri Lanka's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| 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) |
Taken from the middle of Sri Lanka, that point sits at 7.8619° S, 99.3162° W. 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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