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This may shock you, so you'd be wise to take it sitting down:

East-west angles are described as angles of longitude. The Earth is a sphere.

A trip around the entire Earth is a circle. In an east or west direction, such a

trip covers 360 degrees of longitude. In a north or south direction, it covers

360 degrees of latitude.

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What country is located 29 degrees latitude n and 29 degrees e longitude?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country. That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What county is located at 29 degrees N latitude and 29 E longitude?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country (or even a whole county). That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What nation is 20 degrees south latitude and 23 degrees east longitude?

That point is in northern Botswana. Note that it's not possible for the whole country to be located right there at those coordinates, and that any other point in Botswana has different latitude and/or longitude.


Why do you have 360 degrees longitudes and only 181 degrees latitudes?

There are several ways to come at this answer, most of them way too technical and arcane to bother with. The easiest answer to state and understand may be simply the fact that each parallel of latitude goes all the way around the Earth, but each meridian of longitude only goes half-way around the Earth, so you need more of them to cover the whole Earth. Does that do anything for you ? And by the way . . . there are only 180 degrees of latitude.


What country is 25 degrees north and 80 degrees east?

That point is in India. There are also trillions of other points in India, each with different latitude and longitude. There's no such thing as the latitude and longitude of a whole country.

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What county is located 29 degrees N latitude and 29 degrees E longitude?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country (Or even a whole county.) That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What country is located 29 degrees latitude n and 29 degrees e longitude?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country. That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What country is located at 29 degrees north latitudeand 29 degrees east longitude?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country. That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What country is located 20 degrees north100 degrees west?

That point is in central Mexico. There are also trillions of other points in Mexico, each with different latitude and longitude. There's no such thing as the latitude and longitude of a whole country.


What county is located at 29 degrees N latitude and 29 E longitude?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country (or even a whole county). That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What nation is 20 degrees south latitude and 23 degrees east longitude?

That point is in northern Botswana. Note that it's not possible for the whole country to be located right there at those coordinates, and that any other point in Botswana has different latitude and/or longitude.


Why do you have 360 degrees longitudes and only 181 degrees latitudes?

There are several ways to come at this answer, most of them way too technical and arcane to bother with. The easiest answer to state and understand may be simply the fact that each parallel of latitude goes all the way around the Earth, but each meridian of longitude only goes half-way around the Earth, so you need more of them to cover the whole Earth. Does that do anything for you ? And by the way . . . there are only 180 degrees of latitude.


What country is 25 degrees north and 80 degrees east?

That point is in India. There are also trillions of other points in India, each with different latitude and longitude. There's no such thing as the latitude and longitude of a whole country.


What country is at 29 degrees north and 29 degrees east?

There's no such thing as the latitude/longitude of a whole country. That point is in central Egypt, about 150 miles southwest of the center of Cairo.


What country is located 32 degrees north and 5 degrees west?

That point is in northeastern Morocco. There are also trillions of other points in Morocco, each with different latitude and longitude. There's no such thing as the latitude and longitude of a whole country.