16th parallel north

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16°

16th parallel north

The 16th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 16 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.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 5 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 11 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

As a dividing line

After World War II, the parallel divided Vietnam into Chinese and British controlled zones; this eventually formed the Communist North Vietnam and the anti-communist South Vietnam. (See Timeline of World War II (1945).)

In the Chadian–Libyan conflict, from 1984 the parallel, known as the "Red Line", delineated areas controlled by opposing combatants. Previously the Red Line had been the 15th parallel north. (See also Operation Manta.)

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 16° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Niger
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Chad
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Eritrea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Red Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Eritrea	Island of Nahaleg
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Red Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Yemen
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	India	Maharashtra Karnataka Andhra Pradesh
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Indian Ocean	Bay of Bengal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Myanmar (Burma)	Irrawaddy River delta
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Martaban, Andaman Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Myanmar (Burma)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Laos
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Vietnam
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	South China Sea	Passing through the disputed Paracel Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Philippines	Island of Luzon
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Pacific Ocean	Philippine Sea Passing just south of the island of Farallon de Medinilla, Northern Mariana Islands into an unnamed part of the Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Mexico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Pacific Ocean	Gulf of Tehuantepec
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Mexico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Guatemala
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Belize
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Caribbean Sea	Passing just north of Punta de Manabique, Guatemala Passing just south of the island of Útila, Honduras
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Honduras
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Caribbean Sea	Passing just north of Cape Camarón, Honduras
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	France	Island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	France	Island of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Cape Verde	Island of Boa Vista
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Senegal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Mauritania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.	Mali