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Geographical centre of the world
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The geographical centre of the world was found to be at (). However, this is only the geographical centre of the world viewed on a modern world map or atlas. The selection of longitude meridian is completely dependent on historical and cultural values. It is considered to be more than 600 km off the coast of Africa. Lagos, Nigeria along with Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and Accra, Ghana (approximately 614 km north of the geographical centre of the world) are considered to be the closest major cities. Port Bouet Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport are the closest international airports to the geographical centre of the world. The exact location of the geographic centre of the world is on the Gulf of Guinea region of the Atlantic Ocean. Since the Earth is a spheroid, its center (the core) is thousands of kilometres beneath its crust. At the intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is the "centre" of the standard geographic model right at the coordinates of zero degrees longitude by zero degrees latitude. Politically, the nations that surround the geographical centre of the world are filled with autocratic regimes, widespread poverty, and lack of human development.<ref name="africafiles"/> The Gulf of Guinea region located near the exact geographical centre of the world is the home to an abundant underwater supply of oil and natural gas.<ref name="africafiles"/> As the prices for oil and natural gas rise through its continued exploitation, governments in the region will lose interest in everything else.<ref name="africafiles"/> This will undermine any attempts at democracy, increase military spending, and become the basis of secret projects that will be built around the Gulf of Guinea.<ref name="africafiles"/> See Also
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