Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Xian, China 🇨🇳, home to about 4.01 million people, and you would surface in Chile 🇨🇱, at 34.2770° S, 71.1069° W. That puts Xian among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Xian, China 🇨🇳 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 34.2770° N, 108.8931° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 34.2770° S, 71.1069° W |
| What is there | Chile 🇨🇱 |
| Nearest town or city | Santiago, Chile — 101 km (63 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Xian's antipode falls on dry land, inside Chile 🇨🇱. The closest town or city to that point is Santiago, Chile, about 101 km (63 miles) away.
2 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Xian.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (34.2770° N becomes 34.2770° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (108.8931° E becomes 71.1069° W). More on how antipodes work.
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