33rd parallel north


The 33rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 33 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses North Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Iraq, the parallel defined the limit of the southern no-fly zone from 4 September 1996 to 30 August 2003. as part of Operation Southern Watch.
In the United States it approximately forms the border between Arkansas in the north and Louisiana on the south. The Louisiana Territory was that part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase which lay north of the 33rd parallel.
The parallel is part of the horse latitudes.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 20 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 58 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33° north passes through:
Punjab
Azad Kashmir – claimed by Jammu and Kashmir – claimed by
Ladakh – claimed by
Himachal PradeshAksai ChinDisputed between and Tibet
Qinghai
Sichuan
Qinghai
Sichuan
Gansu
Shaanxi
Hubei
Henan
Anhui
Jiangsu
Anhui
JiangsuEast China SeaPassing just south of the island of Marado, Island of Nakadōri:
— Nagasaki Prefecture
Island of Kyūshū:
— Nagasaki Prefecture
— Saga Prefecture
— Kumamoto Prefecture
— Ōita Prefecture
Island of Shikoku:
— Ehime Prefecture
— Kōchi PrefecturePacific OceanCalifornia – San Clemente IslandPacific OceanCalifornia – passing through Solana Beach and just north of Brawley
Arizona – passing through Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
New Mexico
Texas – passing through the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Louisiana – passing just south of the border with Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia – passing through LaGrange and Louisville
South Carolina – passing through Goose CreekAtlantic OceanCal Islet, just south of Porto Santo Island, MadeiraAtlantic OceanPassing through Settat