Quito, Ecuador, is located approximately 2.24 miles (3.6 kilometers) south of the Equator, which is situated at 0 degrees latitude. The Prime Meridian, on the other hand, is at 0 degrees longitude and runs through Greenwich, England. Quito is about 78.5 degrees west of the Prime Meridian, translating to roughly 4,350 miles (about 7,000 kilometers) away from the Prime Meridian in terms of longitudinal distance.
There is no deviation of the Prime Meridian. There are a few deviations of the International Dateline, but none of them is anywhere near 3,000 miles away from the meridian of 180 degrees longitude.
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is centered 15 miles south of the equator, and it extends to within just 1 mile of it. Because Lhasa is no longer the capital of Tibet, Quito is also the highest official capital in the word, at 9350 feet or 2800 meters.
France forced the 3000 mile deviation of the Prime Meridian to pass through Paris in the 18th century. This was part of their effort to establish Paris as the center of world time and to promote French influence in cartography and navigation.
Quito
If you are talking about in the world it would be: Quito, Ecuador. It's closest to the equator (0º14'S / 78º30'W) The capital city Quito, in Ecuador, is centered just 15 miles (25 km) south of the equator, and extends to within 6/10 of a mile (1 km) of the zero latitude line. If you are talking about the United States it would be: Honolulu, Hawaii (21.3069° N /157.8583° W) Honolulu is 1,472.17 mi (2,369.23 km) north of the equator\
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a nautical mile corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian
98,985 sq miles (256,370 km²).
Yes, one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian is about one nautical mile.
Ecuador is the smallest of the three (Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil).
It actually passes through Greenwich, Greater London, England, UK which is NOT a City but is near The City of London. The City of London is very small in size and only a little over one square mile, which is less than three square kilometres.
Messi by an absolute mile. Totti in his prime wasn't even a scratch on Messi.