17th parallel north

For the 1968 French documentary film, see 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War.

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17th parallel north

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).

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 17° north passes through:

width="125" | Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
17°0′N 0°0′E	Mali
17°0′N 4°14′E	Niger
17°0′N 15°30′E	Chad
17°0′N 24°0′E	Sudan
17°0′N 37°0′E	Eritrea
17°0′N 39°2′E	Red Sea
17°0′N 41°47′E	Saudi Arabia	Farasan Islands
17°0′N 41°53′E	Red Sea
17°0′N 42°33′E	Saudi Arabia
17°0′N 43°10′E	Yemen
17°0′N 46°57′E	Saudi Arabia
17°0′N 47°23′E	Yemen
17°0′N 52°57′E	Oman
17°0′N 54°7′E	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea
17°0′N 54°41′E	Oman
17°0′N 54°59′E	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea
17°0′N 73°17′E	India	Maharashtra Karnataka Andhra Pradesh
17°0′N 82°17′E	Indian Ocean	Bay of Bengal
17°0′N 94°27′E	Myanmar (Burma)
17°0′N 96°54′E	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Martaban
17°0′N 97°12′E	Myanmar (Burma)
17°0′N 98°37′E	Thailand
17°0′N 104°44′E	Laos
17°0′N 106°26′E	Vietnam
17°0′N 107°7′E	South China Sea	Passing through the disputed Paracel Islands
17°0′N 120°27′E	Philippines	Island of Luzon
17°0′N 122°29′E	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	Mexico
17°0′N 91°7′W	Guatemala
17°0′N 89°9′W	Belize
17°0′N 88°13′W	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	Antigua and Barbuda	Island of Antigua
17°0′N 61°44′W	Atlantic Ocean
17°0′N 25°19′W	Cape Verde	Santo Antão island
17°0′N 25°6′W	Atlantic Ocean
17°0′N 16°17′W	Mauritania
17°0′N 5°39′W	Mali

Vietnam

Main article: Partition of 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 Ben Hai River in Quang Tri 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 redundant as Vietnam was unified following the surrender of the South Vietnamese government.

See also

• 16th parallel north
• 18th parallel north