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Gaborone Coordinates

South-East District, Botswana · Elevation 994m

Quick answer: Gaborone is located at -24.628200, 25.923100 (S, E).

Different tools require different formats — Garmin devices default to DDM, military maps use MGRS, topo maps use UTM, and web apps expect Decimal Degrees. Copy whichever format your device or application needs. Click any format abbreviation to learn how it works.

All Coordinate Formats

DD

Decimal Degrees

-24.628200, 25.923100
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

24°37'41.52"S 25°55'23.16"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

24°37.6920'S 25°55.3860'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35J 391001 7275793
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35JLN9100175793
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

ked7vusdk
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G779WCF+JH

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Gaborone. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

24.628200, 25.923100

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

24.628200, 25.923100
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

24°37'41.52"N 25°55'23.16"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

24°37.6920'N 25°55.3860'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35R 391001 2724207
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35RLH9100124207
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

ss6kjgkts
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GP7JWHF+69

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35JLN9100175793 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 35 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 35 runs 24° to 30° longitude.
Latitude Band J One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square LN A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter N (south–north).
Easting 91001 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 75793 Distance north within the 100 km square. Same resolution as easting (10 m).

Geohash Precision

A geohash encodes coordinates by subdividing the Earth into progressively smaller cells. Each extra character roughly halves the cell area. The table below shows Gaborone's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
k
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
ke
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
ked
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
ked7
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
ked7v
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
ked7vu
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
ked7vus
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
ked7vusd
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
ked7vusdk
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

Precision 9 (highlighted) is the default and provides sub-5-metre accuracy for most applications.

About Gaborone

Capital of Botswana, a modern planned city at nearly 1,000 m elevation.

Live Converter

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DD

-24.628200, 25.923100

DMS

24°37'41.52"S 25°55'23.16"E

DDM

24°37.6920'S 25°55.3860'E

UTM

35J 391001 7275793

MGRS

35JLN9100175793

GH

ked7vusdk

OLC

5G779WCF+JH

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