The Estádio Milton Corrêa, located in Macapá, Brazil, is known as Zerão because it is located on the Equator, with the midfield line lining up with it. The stadium hosts at least six different football teams and is located in the capital of the Brazilian state of Amapá.
Located in the northern city of Macapá, the Estádio Milton Corrêa is certainly not the largest sports stadium in Brazil, nor the newest. The stadium, built in 1990 and renovated in 2014, has a record attendance of just 10,000 spectators. But it has a unique reputation: it is located directly on the Equator. This has given the Estádio Milton Corrêa the nickname, Zerão, which means “Big Zero”, in reference to the fact that it is located at zero degrees latitude, next to the Marco Zero monument, a giant concrete sundial. In fact, the midfield line lines up right with the Equator, so that during soccer games each team is essentially defending a different hemisphere.
Playing football at the Equator:
The stadium hosts at least six different football teams, the most successful of which are Amapá Clube and Esporte Clube Macapá. The sport is known locally as soccer, of course.
Nicknamed “The Capital of the Center of the World”, the city of Macapá is the capital of the Brazilian state of Amapá. It is probably the most remote state capital in Brazil, located on a plateau next to the Amazon River.
Cartography purists will probably notice that the centerline is actually 2 seconds north according to the World Geodetic System. However, it is exactly zero degrees according to the Brazilian geodetic system.
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