EPSG systems

EPSG:32629 WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: World - N hemisphere - 12°W to 6°W - by country. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:32629
NameWGS 84 / UTM zone 29N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use World - N hemisphere - 12°W to 6°W - by country
Between 12°W and 6°W, northern hemisphere between equator and 84°N, onshore and offshore. Algeria. Côte D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Faroe Islands. Guinea. Ireland. Jan Mayen. Liberia, Mali. Mauritania. Morocco. Portugal. Sierra Leone. Spain. United Kingdom (UK). Western Sahara.
Bounds W -12,01° · S 0,00° · E -6,00° · N 84,01°
Also covers Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Faroe Islands, Guinea, Ireland, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Spain, United Kingdom
DatumWorld Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:4326 — WGS 84
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeNavigation and medium accuracy spatial referencing.
In CarteBuilt-in grid (code U29), with the reference cities of the guide.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-9degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=29 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:32629.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_29N",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-9.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Algeria

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.