29th parallel north

The 29th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 29 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

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29th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 18 minutes during the winter solstice.[1] The northernmost extremity in which the moon can pass through the zenith at some point during the 18.6 year Saros cycle lies slightly south of this parallel.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 29° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
29°0′N 0°0′E  Algeria
29°0′N 9°52′E  Libya
29°0′N 25°0′E  Egypt
29°0′N 32°37′E Red Sea Gulf of Suez
29°0′N 33°11′E  Egypt Sinai Peninsula
29°0′N 34°41′E Red Sea Gulf of Aqaba
29°0′N 34°52′E  Saudi Arabia
29°0′N 47°27′E  Kuwait
29°0′N 48°10′E Persian Gulf
29°0′N 50°56′E  Iran
29°0′N 61°31′E  Pakistan Balochistan
Punjab
29°0′N 72°51′E  India Rajasthan
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
29°0′N 80°8′E    Nepal
29°0′N 84°9′E  People's Republic of China Tibet
29°0′N 94°10′E  India Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by  People's Republic of China
29°0′N 96°11′E  People's Republic of China Tibet, for about 12 km (7.5 mi)
29°0′N 96°18′E  India Arunachal Pradesh - for about 17 km (11 mi), claimed by  People's Republic of China
29°0′N 96°29′E  People's Republic of China Tibet
Yunnan (for about 14 km (8.7 mi))
Sichuan
Chongqing
Guizhou
Chongqing (for about 10 km (6.2 mi))
Guizhou
Chongqing
Hunan
Jiangxi
Zhejiang
29°0′N 121°41′E East China Sea Passing between the islands of Kaminonejima (at 28°50′N 129°00′E) and Takarajima (at 29°7′N 129°13′E),  Japan
29°0′N 129°7′E Pacific Ocean
29°0′N 118°23′W  Mexico Guadalupe Island
29°0′N 118°18′W Pacific Ocean
29°0′N 114°36′W  Mexico Baja California
29°0′N 113°33′W Gulf of California
29°0′N 113°8′W  Mexico Isla Ángel de la Guarda (southernmost tip, for about 2 km (1.2 mi))
29°0′N 113°7′W Gulf of California
29°0′N 112°30′W  Mexico Tiburón Island and the mainland - Sonora: passing just south of Hermosillo, Chihuahua
29°0′N 103°17′W  United States Texas - for about 17 km (11 mi)
29°0′N 103°7′W  Mexico Coahuila
29°0′N 100°39′W  United States Texas
29°0′N 95°13′W Gulf of Mexico
29°0′N 89°22′W  United States Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana
29°0′N 89°9′W Gulf of Mexico
29°0′N 82°46′W  United States Florida
29°0′N 80°52′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of the island of La Palma (at 28°51′N 17°54′W),  Spain
29°0′N 13°49′W  Spain Island of Lanzarote
29°0′N 13°29′W Atlantic Ocean
29°0′N 10°33′W  Morocco
29°0′N 8°14′W  Algeria

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