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33rd parallel north
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<p>The 33rd parallel north is a <a href="/facts/Circle_of_latitude/0l4B20Iu">circle of latitude</a> that is 33 <a href="/facts/Degree_(angle)/f48Ns8SX">degrees</a> <a href="/facts/True_north/276EMRXX">north</a> of the <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth's</a> <a href="/facts/Equator/CjaxbVaN">equatorial plane</a>. It is approximate at the midpoint between the equator (0 degrees) and the <a href="/facts/Arctic_Circle/AlayDpsw">Arctic Circle</a> (66.6 degrees North Latitude.) It crosses <a href="/facts/North_Africa/ItxQAfs7">North Africa</a>, <a href="/facts/Asia/4IToYrrQ">Asia</a>, the <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a>, <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a> and the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a>, the parallel defined the limit of the southern <a href="/facts/Iraqi_no-fly_zones/4zSjlqyr">no-fly zone</a> from 4 September 1996 to 30 August 2003. (Before this time, it had been set at the <a href="/facts/32nd_parallel_north/1yXwcpnH">32nd parallel north</a>) as part of <a href="/facts/Operation_Southern_Watch/nt0k0IVx">Operation Southern Watch</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, it approximately forms the border between <a href="/facts/Arkansas/Qun124UP">Arkansas</a> in the north and <a href="/facts/Louisiana/2GvfFcKE">Louisiana</a> on the south. (The border is actually a couple of kilometres north of the parallel.) The <a href="/facts/Louisiana_Territory/5RzyFfCS">Louisiana Territory</a> was that part of the 1803 <a href="/facts/Louisiana_Purchase/9uI6F0Uz">Louisiana Purchase</a> which lay north of the 33rd parallel. </p><p>The parallel is part of the <a href="/facts/Horse_latitudes/8RkvlHhw">horse latitudes</a>. </p><p>At this latitude the <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">sun</a> is visible for 14 hours, 20 minutes during the <a href="/facts/Summer_solstice/r3CoNn3m">summer solstice</a> and 9 hours, 58 minutes during the <a href="/facts/Winter_solstice/D18JPu6z">winter solstice</a>. </p>