EPSG systems

EPSG:7005 Nahrwan 1934 / UTM zone 37N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Iraq - west of 42°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:7005
Name	Nahrwan 1934 / UTM zone 37N
Type	Projected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use	Iraq - west of 42°E
Bounds	W 38,79° · S 31,14° · E 42,00° · N 36,75°
Countries	Iraq
Datum	Nahrwan 1934
Ellipsoid	Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Base geographic system	EPSG:4744 — Nahrwan 1934
Unit	metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84	Nahrwan 1934 to WGS 84 (6) (EPSG:7033) — accuracy 30 m
Scope	Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of natural origin	0	degree
Longitude of natural origin	39	degree
Scale factor at natural origin	0.9996	unity
False easting	500000	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=37 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +towgs84=-242.2,-144.9,370.3 +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:7005.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Nahrwan_1934_UTM_zone_37N",GEOGCS["GCS_Nahrwan_1934",DATUM["D_Nahrwan_1934",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",39.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Iraq

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

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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