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Praia Coordinates

Santiago, Cape Verde · Elevation 27m

Quick answer: Praia is located at 14.931500, -23.513100 (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

14.931500, -23.513100
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

14°55'53.40"N 23°30'47.16"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

14°55.8900'N 23°30.7860'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

27P 229661 1652278
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

27PTS2966152278
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

e6xkbynq3
Plus Code

Open Location Code

796RWFJP+Q2

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-14.931500, -23.513100

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-14.931500, -23.513100
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

14°55'53.40"S 23°30'47.16"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

14°55.8900'S 23°30.7860'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

27L 229661 8347722
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

27LTD2966147722
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

7mr70cy39
Plus Code

Open Location Code

59QR3F9P+9R

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 27PTS2966152278 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 27 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 27 runs -24° to -18° 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 TS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter T (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 29661 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 52278 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 Praia'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
e6
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
e6x
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
e6xk
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
e6xkb
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
e6xkby
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
e6xkbyn
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
e6xkbynq
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
e6xkbynq3
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Praia

Capital of Cape Verde, located on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Atlantic Ocean.

Live Converter

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DD

14.931500, -23.513100

DMS

14°55'53.40"N 23°30'47.16"W

DDM

14°55.8900'N 23°30.7860'W

UTM

27P 229661 1652278

MGRS

27PTS2966152278

GH

e6xkbynq3

OLC

796RWFJP+Q2

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