Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Taiyuan, China 🇨🇳, home to about 2.91 million people, and you would surface in Argentina 🇦🇷, at 37.8770° S, 67.4569° W. That puts Taiyuan among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Taiyuan, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 37.8770° N, 112.5431° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 37.8770° S, 67.4569° W |
| What is there | Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Nearest town or city | Neuquén, Argentina — 130 km (81 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Taiyuan's antipode falls on dry land, inside Argentina 🇦🇷. The closest town or city to that point is Neuquén, Argentina, about 130 km (81 miles) away.
35 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Taiyuan; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (37.8770° N becomes 37.8770° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (112.5431° E becomes 67.4569° W). More on how antipodes work.
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