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There are 360 degrees of latitude and the latitude line of 0 degrees is known as the Prime Meridian and it divides the world into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere (-180 degrees degrees of longitude west and 180 degrees of longitude east).
Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, \(\phi\,\!\), gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. Latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with Â°) ranging from 0Â° at the Equator to 90Â° at the poles (90Â° N for the North Pole or 90Â° S for the South Pole). The complementary angle of a latitude is called the colatitude.