Parallel 36°30′ north

The **parallel 36°30′ north** is a circle of latitude that is 36 and one-half degrees north of the equator of the Earth. This parallel of latitude is very important in the history of the United States. This is because it was the line of the Missouri Compromise, which was used to divide the slave and free states west of the Mississippi River, with the exception of Missouri, which is mostly north of this parallel.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 36°30′ north passes through:

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 Gilgit-Baltistan – claimed by
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 Qinghai – passing just south of Xining
 Gansu
 Ningxia
 Gansu
 Shaanxi
 Shanxi
 Hebei
 Shandong
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 Passing through Cheonsu Bay
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 North Chungcheong Province - Passing through Mount Songni
 North Gyeongsang Province
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– Ishikawa Prefecture
– Toyama Prefecture
– Nagano Prefecture
– Gunma Prefecture
– Tochigi Prefecture
– Ibaraki Prefecture
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 Nevada
 Arizona
 New Mexico
 Oklahoma / Texas border
 Oklahoma
 Missouri / Arkansas border
 Missouri
 Kentucky (Kentucky Bend) / Tennessee border (for about 5 km)
 Missouri (for about 5 km)
 Kentucky / Tennessee border
 Tennessee
 North Carolina
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