Ciudad del Este

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Ciudad del Este is #9H2WX-K1HWG. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.09 m east to west, centred on 25°30'13.00"S, 54°39'02.45"W, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

The point used is the one GeoNames records for Ciudad del Este, near its centre.

Code

#9H2WX-K1HWG

With a check character

#9H2WX-K1HWG*2

Short form

K1HWG

Cell centre

-25.503610, -54.650680

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.09 m

Region

Alto Paraná Department

Country

Paraguay

Population

301,815

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #9H2WX-K1HWG. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Alto Paraná Department

Ciudad del Este K1HWG: a name both people know, then the last five characters. They give back the exact code for anywhere within 4.0 km north or south and 4.8 km east or west of Ciudad del Este. Further away the same five name somewhere else, which is why the whole code is what goes on a sign.

Copied by hand, or read over a phone

#9H2WX-K1HWG*2. The character on the end catches any single mistyped symbol and any two neighbours swapped.

As a link or a square code

Open it on the map, move to the exact door, and add directions if the code needs help: "blue gate, second floor". The link and the square code carry them. Nothing is kept on this site.

From the city to the door

The first four characters name a cell about 40 km by 48.2 km here. Each one after that picks one of 25 inside the last, so the whole ten name a spot about the size of a doorway.

1. W9H2WMetropolitan area40 km by 48.2 km
2. X9H2WXDistrict8 km by 9.65 km
3. K9H2WXKSuburb1.6 km by 1.93 km
4. 19H2WXK1A few streets320 m by 386 m
5. H9H2WXK1HBuilding64 m by 77.2 m
6. W9H2WXK1HWEntrance12.8 m by 15.4 m
7. G9H2WXK1HWGDoorway2.56 m by 3.09 m

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