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Ouagadougou Coordinates

Centre, Burkina Faso · Elevation 305m

Quick answer: Ouagadougou is located at 12.364700, -1.535300 (N, W).

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

12.364700, -1.535300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°21'52.92"N 1°32'7.08"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°21.8820'N 1°32.1180'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30P 659244 1367318
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30PXU5924467318
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

efnym4fj8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7C4W9F77+X8

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-12.364700, -1.535300

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-12.364700, -1.535300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°21'52.92"S 1°32'7.08"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°21.8820'S 1°32.1180'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30L 659244 8632682
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30LXM5924432682
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

7vyctj442
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5CVWJFP7+5P

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 30PXU5924467318 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 30 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 30 runs -6° to 0° longitude.
Latitude Band P One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square XU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter X (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 59244 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 67318 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 Ouagadougou's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
e
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
ef
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
efn
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
efny
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
efnym
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
efnym4
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
efnym4f
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
efnym4fj
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
efnym4fj8
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Ouagadougou

Capital and largest city of Burkina Faso, known as "Ouaga" and home to the FESPACO film festival.

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DD

12.364700, -1.535300

DMS

12°21'52.92"N 1°32'7.08"W

DDM

12°21.8820'N 1°32.1180'W

UTM

30P 659244 1367318

MGRS

30PXU5924467318

GH

efnym4fj8

OLC

7C4W9F77+X8

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