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Why: Mike is going to Colombia in November. He described it as "South of the Border," which it totally is, but I was thinking "Southern Hemisphere." We got to talking about how far south the equator actually is and ended up pulling up a map. I'm still thinking about it.
Answer: It touches 13 countries!
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ecuador
- Gabon
- Indonesia (on 5 different islands [out of 17,508])
- Kenya
- Kiribati (only water, not land)
- Maldives (samesies)
- Republic of the Congo
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Somalia
- Uganda
(Equator in red, prime meridian in blue)
Source: Wikipedia, infoplease
The More You Know: There are a bunch of these signs throughout Kenya along the thing. I have some pictures standing under one of them 10 years ago, but I don't know where they are.
Also, just in case you are ever in the Cash Cab, the Galapagos Islands are a part of Ecuador.
