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Capital Closest to the Equator

Try to name the capital cities that lie closest to the equator.
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First submittedJanuary 24, 2013
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Latitude
Capital
4.60 °N
Bogotá
4.37 °N
Bangui
4.18 °N
Malé
3.87 °N
Yaoundé
3.15 °N
Kuala Lumpur
2.03 °N
Mogadishu
1.58 °N
Ciudad de la Paz
Latitude
Capital
1.43 °N
South Tarawa
1.28 °N
Singapore
0.38 °N
Libreville
0.33 °N
São Tomé
0.32 °N
Kampala
––THE EQUATOR––
0.25 °S
Quito
Latitude
Capital
0.55 °S
Yaren
1.28 °S
Nairobi
1.95 °S
Kigali
3.43 °S
Gitega
4.27 °S
Brazzaville
4.33 °S
Kinshasa
4.62 °S
Victoria
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16 Comments
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Level 79
Apr 17, 2015
Hey reless. I just used your data here to make a small expansion of my Adjacent Capital Superlatives quiz. Thanks.
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Level 82
Dec 13, 2016
How about Tarawa? Definitely close to the equator....
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Level 80
Aug 25, 2019
Indeed, at only 1°21' N, South Tarawa should be included.
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Level ∞
Aug 25, 2019
Fixed
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Level 80
Aug 25, 2019
Nice quiz! For anyone interested in this concept, here is a quiz I made some time ago about major cities closest to the Equator.
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Level 96
Aug 26, 2019
Bangui is missing. 4°21'40.39"N
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Level ∞
Aug 26, 2019
Fixed
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Level 72
Sep 1, 2019
I had a much harder time on this than I thought. Good quiz.
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Level 77
Oct 6, 2019
Great quiz🎉🎉🎉
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Level 68
Oct 6, 2019
Count Bujumbura for Gitega because it is too recent for some people to accept the change
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Level 67
Oct 7, 2019
My strategy for jetpunk quiz - “if you think it, type it. If it’s wrong, move on”.

I sometimes miss answers cause I keep debating in my head ‘will it or won’t it’.

On this quiz I was debating with Central African Republic but I still ended up missing it cause I confused it with N’djamena.

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Level 68
Oct 7, 2019
Well, 10 were easy, and the rest were all the hard ones most of which I would never have got.
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Level 94
Oct 7, 2019
Just a suggestion, add Bandar and Juba and all captials within 5 degrees are included.
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Level 37
Oct 7, 2019
Bandar Seri Begawan missing
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Level 86
Sep 23, 2020
No it isn't. 4.9031° N
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Level 70
Mar 26, 2026
Me wondering how Malabo is not one of the answers only to see they moved the capital 😭