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Because that's its definition.

When the scale of latitude was invented, zero could have been placed anywhere.

For example, the south pole might have been defined as the zero, and latitudes

on earth would range from zero up to 180° at the north pole. But instead, it was

decided to put zero in the middle, and call the south latitudes negative and the

north ones positive.

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