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Since the Earth is a near-[[sphere]], its center (the core) is of course thousands of miles beneath its [[Crust (geology)|crust]]. However, one could perhaps consider the intersection of the [[Equator]] and [[Prime Meridian]], located at the coordinates of zero degrees by zero, to be the "centre" of the human world, especially when viewed on a map. This point is located in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] approximately 120 miles (~193km) south of [[Accra]], [[Ghana]], in the [[Gulf of Guinea]].
Some people, perhaps [[tongue-in-cheek]], have claimed a certain city is the centre of the Earth or of the universe. One such claimant is the small town of [[Felicity, California]], in the far southeast corner of the state, where a "Center of the World Pyramid" stands. Local resident and children's book author Jacques-Andres Istel convinced [[China]], [[France]], and [[Imperial County, California]] (in which Felicity is located), that Felicity is legally and officially the centre of the world. [[Surrealist]] artist [[Salvador Dali]] made an even more ambitious claim; that the train station of [[Perpignan]], France, is the centre of the [[universe]]. On the platform is painted « <span style="font-variant:small-caps">perpignan centre du monde</span> » (French for "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">perpignan centre of the world</span>") [http://railfaneurope.net/pix/fr/electric/emu/TGV/Duplex/misc/pix.html 1].<!--- A monument outside the station states, "Centre of the Universe: 0 km." [Proof required] --->
==[[The Americas]]==
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