Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Taichung, Taiwan 🇹🇼, home to about 2.63 million people, and you would surface in Paraguay 🇵🇾, at 24.1521° S, 59.3183° W. That puts Taichung among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Taichung, Taiwan 🇹🇼 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 24.1521° N, 120.6817° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 24.1521° S, 59.3183° W |
| What is there | Paraguay 🇵🇾 |
| Nearest town or city | Asunción, Paraguay — 212 km (132 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Taichung's antipode falls on dry land, inside Paraguay 🇵🇾. The closest town or city to that point is Asunción, Paraguay, about 212 km (132 miles) away.
One other city on this list surfaces in the same place as Taichung.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (24.1521° N becomes 24.1521° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (120.6817° E becomes 59.3183° W). More on how antipodes work.
New to it? How to play Antipodal.