Stop 1 · Ecuador
Quito
The monument marking the line sits 240 m from the actual position, which GPS later corrected. Nobody has moved the monument.
Cities sitting on the line of zero latitude
Every stop today lies within half a degree of the middle of the world, where the sun rises at six and sets at six all year round.
The five stops
Stop 2 · Gabon
Libreville
The equator crosses the country just south of the city. Gabon has set aside 11% of its land as national park, an unusually large share.
Stop 3 · Uganda
Kampala
The equator crosses the country 80 km south of the city, near Masaka, where a painted circle straddles the main road.
Stop 4 · Indonesia
Pontianak
One of very few cities almost exactly on the line. Its equator monument has been rebuilt four times, each version larger than the last.
Stop 5 · Brazil
Macapá
The Estádio Zerão has one half in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern, with the halfway line marking the equator.
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