{{short description|Circle of latitude}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}{{Location map-line|lat=36}}{{kml}}The 36th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. In the ancient Mediterranean world, its role for navigation and geography was similar to that played by the Equator today.WEB, FEDERACION DE TROPAS Y LEGIONES, 5 September 2012, Revista Oficial Carthagineses y Romanos 2012,de.slideshare.net/PrensaCYR/revista-oficial-carthagineses-y-romanos-2012, From 7 April 1991 to 31 December 1996, the parallel defined the limit of the northern no-fly zone in Iraq.NEWS, Containment: The Iraqi no-fly zones,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/crisis_in_the_gulf/forces_and_firepower/244364.stm, BBC News, 29 December 1998, 4 February 2012, At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 36 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice.WEB, 24 September 2019, Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year,aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php, dead,aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20191012094319aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php,">web.archive.org/web/20191012094319aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php, 2019-10-12, 2021-03-10, U.S. Naval Observatory,

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

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Mediterranean Sea
36	N	7	type:country\|name=Algeria}}! scope=“row” \| {{DZA}}\| Passing through Mostaganem

type:country|name=Tunisia}}! scope=“row” | {{TUN}}|

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Mediterranean Sea

Linosa, {{ITA}} Passing between the islands of Comino and Malta, {{MLT}}

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Aegean Sea

Kythira and Antikythera, {{GRC}} Passing just north of Saria Island, {{GRC}}

type:country|name=Greece}}! scope=“row” | {{GRC}}| Island of Rhodes

Mediterranean Sea
36	N	59	type:country\|name=Turkey}}! scope=“row” \| {{TUR}}\| Hatay Province

type:country|name=Syria}}! scope=“row” | {{SYR}}| Passing just north of Raqqa

type:country|name=Iraq}}! scope=“row” | {{IRQ}}|

type:country|name=Iran}}! scope=“row” | {{IRN}}|

type:country|name=Turkmenistan}}! scope=“row” | {{TKM}}|

type:country|name=Afghanistan}}! scope=“row” | {{AFG}}|

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type:country|name=Pakistan}}! scope=“row” | {{PAK}}| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by {{IND}}

type:country|name=Shaksgam Valley}}! scope=“row” | Shaksgam Valley| Area administered by {{PRC}}, claimed by {{IND}}

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type:country|name=China}}! scope=“row” | {{PRC}}

Xinjiang Tibet Autonomous Region>Tibet Qinghai Gansu â€” passing just south of Lanzhou Ningxia Gansu Shaanxi Shanxi Henan Shandong Henan (for about {{convert

abbr=on}}) Shandong â€” passing just south of Qingdao

Yellow Sea
36	N	42	type:country\|name=South Korea}}! scope=“row” \| {{KOR}}	South Chungcheong Province - North Jeolla Province River Geum>Border, Passing just north of Gunsan, Iksan North Jeolla Province-North Chungcheong Province-North Gyeongsang Province Minjujisan	North Gyeongsang Province - Passing just south of Gumi, North Gyeongsang>Gumipassing just north of Daegu-Palgong Mountain North Gyeongsang Province- Passing through Pohang

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Sea of Japan
36	N	1	type:country\|name=Japan}}! scope=“row” \| {{JPN}}	Chibu, Shimane>Chiburi-shima: â€” Shimane Prefecture

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Sea of Japan
36	N	58	type:country\|name=Japan}}! scope=“row” \| {{JPN}}	HonshÅ«: â€” Fukui Prefectureâ€” Gifu Prefectureâ€” Nagano Prefectureâ€” Gunma Prefecture − for about {{convert>4	mi	Saitama Prefectureâ€” Chiba Prefecture − for about {{convert>6	mi\|abbr=on}}â€” Ibaraki Prefecture

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Pacific Ocean
36	N	30	type:country\|name=United States}}! scope=“row” \| {{USA}}	California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri / Arkansas border (approximate) Tennessee North Carolina (Madison County, North Carolina>Madison County, for about {{convert	km	abbr=on}}) Tennessee (Unicoi County, Tennessee	, for about {{convert>12	mi\|abbr=on}}) North Carolina

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Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar	Punta de Tarifa, {{ESP}} - the most southerly point of the European mainland

Mediterranean Sea

United States, the 36th parallel north is occasionally used as a rough northern boundary for the Sun Belt, a region spanning most Southern and Southwestern states and comprising most of the nation’s warmest climates.Cities and landmarks close to the parallel include the following: Kettleman City, California; Henderson, Nevada; Hoover Dam; South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Tulsa, Oklahoma (passing through the southern portion of the city); Nashville, Tennessee (passing through the southern portion of the city); Knoxville, Tennessee; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; High Point, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina; Durham, North Carolina; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and others. The parallel helped define the North Carolinaâ€“Tennesseeâ€“Virginia Corners.The sixth standard parallel south of Mount Diablo Range at 35Â°48â€² north, 13.8344 miles south of the 36th parallel, forms a continuous boundary between the California counties ofMonterey,Kings,Tulare, andInyoon the north and the counties ofSan Luis Obispo,Kern, and San Bernardinoon the south.BOOK,archive.org/details/codesandstatute01caligoog, The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Twenty-sixth Session of the Legislature, 1885: With Notes Containing References to All the Decisions of the Supreme Court Construing Or Illustrating the Sections of the Codes, and to Adjudications of the Courts of Other States Having Like Code Provisions, California, 1 January 1886, A. L. Bancroft, en, It is sometimes taken as the boundary between Central California and Southern California.BOOK,archive.org/details/quarterly01unkngoog, The Quarterly, California, Historical Society of Southern, California, Los Angeles County Pioneers of Southern, 1 January 1901, en, The parallel 36Â° north approximately forms the southernmost boundary of the Missouri Bootheel with the State of Arkansas.The 36th parallel passes through Duke University in several places. Its Campus Drive that connects the campuses crosses the parallel several times.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} The Duke Gardens has a “36th Parallel Club” although the garden itself is just north of the parallel.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}

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