# 17th parallel north

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The 17th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 17 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean.
The parallel is particularly significant in the history of Vietnam (see below).
At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 9 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 7 minutes during the winter solstice.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 17° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 17°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 17.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian)  Mali 17°0′N 4°14′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 4.233°E﻿ / 17.000; 4.233﻿ (Niger)  Niger 17°0′N 15°30′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 15.500°E﻿ / 17.000; 15.500﻿ (Chad)  Chad 17°0′N 24°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 24.000°E﻿ / 17.000; 24.000﻿ (Sudan)  Sudan 17°0′N 37°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 37.000°E﻿ / 17.000; 37.000﻿ (Eritrea)  Eritrea 17°0′N 39°2′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 39.033°E﻿ / 17.000; 39.033﻿ (Red Sea) Indian Ocean Red Sea 17°0′N 41°47′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 41.783°E﻿ / 17.000; 41.783﻿ (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia Farasan Islands 17°0′N 41°53′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 41.883°E﻿ / 17.000; 41.883﻿ (Red Sea) Indian Ocean Red Sea 17°0′N 42°33′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 42.550°E﻿ / 17.000; 42.550﻿ (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia 17°0′N 43°10′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 43.167°E﻿ / 17.000; 43.167﻿ (Yemen)  Yemen 17°0′N 46°57′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 46.950°E﻿ / 17.000; 46.950﻿ (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia 17°0′N 47°23′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 47.383°E﻿ / 17.000; 47.383﻿ (Yemen)  Yemen 17°0′N 52°57′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 52.950°E﻿ / 17.000; 52.950﻿ (Oman)  Oman 17°0′N 54°7′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 54.117°E﻿ / 17.000; 54.117﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Arabian Sea 17°0′N 54°41′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 54.683°E﻿ / 17.000; 54.683﻿ (Oman)  Oman 17°0′N 54°59′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 54.983°E﻿ / 17.000; 54.983﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Arabian Sea 17°0′N 73°17′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 73.283°E﻿ / 17.000; 73.283﻿ (India)  India Maharashtra Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Telangana 17°0′N 82°17′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 82.283°E﻿ / 17.000; 82.283﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal 17°0′N 94°27′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 94.450°E﻿ / 17.000; 94.450﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) Passing through Hlawga National Park north of Yangon 17°0′N 96°54′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 96.900°E﻿ / 17.000; 96.900﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Gulf of Martaban 17°0′N 97°12′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 97.200°E﻿ / 17.000; 97.200﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 17°0′N 98°37′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 98.617°E﻿ / 17.000; 98.617﻿ (Thailand)  Thailand 17°0′N 104°44′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 104.733°E﻿ / 17.000; 104.733﻿ (Laos)  Laos 17°0′N 106°26′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 106.433°E﻿ / 17.000; 106.433﻿ (Vietnam)  Vietnam 17°0′N 107°7′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 107.117°E﻿ / 17.000; 107.117﻿ (South China Sea) Pacific Ocean South China Sea, passing through the disputed Paracel Islands 17°0′N 120°27′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 120.450°E﻿ / 17.000; 120.450﻿ (Philippines)  Philippines Island of Luzon 17°0′N 122°29′E﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 122.483°E﻿ / 17.000; 122.483﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Passing between the islands of Guguan and Sarigan, Northern Mariana Islands into an unnamed part of the Ocean 17°0′N 100°17′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 100.283°W﻿ / 17.000; -100.283﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico 17°0′N 91°7′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 91.117°W﻿ / 17.000; -91.117﻿ (Guatemala)  Guatemala 17°0′N 89°9′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 89.150°W﻿ / 17.000; -89.150﻿ (Belize)  Belize 17°0′N 88°13′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 88.217°W﻿ / 17.000; -88.217﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Atlantic Ocean Caribbean Sea, passing just south of the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis Passing just north of the island of Redonda, Antigua and Barbuda 17°0′N 61°46′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 61.767°W﻿ / 17.000; -61.767﻿ (Antigua and Barbuda)  Antigua and Barbuda Island of Antigua 17°0′N 61°44′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 61.733°W﻿ / 17.000; -61.733﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 17°0′N 25°19′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 25.317°W﻿ / 17.000; -25.317﻿ (Cape Verde)  Cape Verde Santo Antão island 17°0′N 25°6′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 25.100°W﻿ / 17.000; -25.100﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 17°0′N 16°17′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 16.283°W﻿ / 17.000; -16.283﻿ (Mauritania)  Mauritania 17°0′N 5°39′W﻿ / ﻿17.000°N 5.650°W﻿ / 17.000; -5.650﻿ (Mali)  Mali

## Vietnam

The Seventeenth parallel (Vietnamese: vĩ tuyến 17) was the provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam established by the Geneva Accords of 1954. The demarcation line did not exactly coincide with the 17th parallel but ran south of it, approximately along the Bến Hải River in Quảng Trị Province to the village of Bo Ho Su and from there due west to the Laos–Vietnam border.
In 1976 the demarcation line was made irrelevant as Vietnam was unified following the withdrawal of American forces and the surrender of the South Vietnamese government.