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The 26th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 26 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

A section of the border between Western Sahara and Mauritania is defined by the parallel.

It is the most populous parallel on Earth, being home to between 247.2 million and 248.0 million people as of 2019.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 46 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 31 minutes during the winter solstice. The sun is at 40.17 degrees in the sky during the winter solstice and 87.83 degrees in the sky during the summer solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 26° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
26°0′N 0°0′E / 26.000°N 0.000°E / 26.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Algeria
26°0′N 9°32′E / 26.000°N 9.533°E / 26.000; 9.533 (Libya)	Libya
26°0′N 25°0′E / 26.000°N 25.000°E / 26.000; 25.000 (Egypt)	Egypt
26°0′N 34°20′E / 26.000°N 34.333°E / 26.000; 34.333 (Red Sea)	Red Sea
26°0′N 36°42′E / 26.000°N 36.700°E / 26.000; 36.700 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia
26°0′N 50°4′E / 26.000°N 50.067°E / 26.000; 50.067 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Gulf of Bahrain
26°0′N 50°28′E / 26.000°N 50.467°E / 26.000; 50.467 (Bahrain)	Bahrain
26°0′N 50°38′E / 26.000°N 50.633°E / 26.000; 50.633 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Gulf of Bahrain
26°0′N 51°2′E / 26.000°N 51.033°E / 26.000; 51.033 (Bahrain)	Qatar
26°0′N 51°24′E / 26.000°N 51.400°E / 26.000; 51.400 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Passing between the islands of Bani Forur and Sirri,  Iran Passing between the Tunb Islands and the island of Abu Musa, controlled by Iran but claimed by  United Arab Emirates
26°0′N 56°4′E / 26.000°N 56.067°E / 26.000; 56.067 (United Arab Emirates)	United Arab Emirates
26°0′N 56°10′E / 26.000°N 56.167°E / 26.000; 56.167 (Oman)	Oman	Musandam peninsula
26°0′N 56°25′E / 26.000°N 56.417°E / 26.000; 56.417 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Oman
26°0′N 57°14′E / 26.000°N 57.233°E / 26.000; 57.233 (Iran)	Iran
26°0′N 61°48′E / 26.000°N 61.800°E / 26.000; 61.800 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Balochistan Sindh
26°0′N 70°5′E / 26.000°N 70.083°E / 26.000; 70.083 (India)	India	Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Bihar West Bengal
26°0′N 88°9′E / 26.000°N 88.150°E / 26.000; 88.150 (Bangladesh)	Bangladesh
26°0′N 89°32′E / 26.000°N 89.533°E / 26.000; 89.533 (India)	India	West Bengal – for about 4 km
26°0′N 89°35′E / 26.000°N 89.583°E / 26.000; 89.583 (Bangladesh)	Bangladesh
26°0′N 89°49′E / 26.000°N 89.817°E / 26.000; 89.817 (India)	India	Assam Meghalaya Assam Nagaland
26°0′N 95°8′E / 26.000°N 95.133°E / 26.000; 95.133 (Myanmar)	Myanmar (Burma)
26°0′N 98°36′E / 26.000°N 98.600°E / 26.000; 98.600 (China)	People's Republic of China	Yunnan Guizhou Guangxi Hunan (passing between Guangxi and Hunan several times) Jiangxi Fujian — passing just south of Fuzhou
26°0′N 119°43′E / 26.000°N 119.717°E / 26.000; 119.717 (East China Sea)	East China Sea	Passing just north of the disputed Senkaku Islands
26°0′N 127°40′E / 26.000°N 127.667°E / 26.000; 127.667 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just south of the island of Okinawa,  Japan Passing just north of the island of Kita Daito,  Japan Passing just south of Lisianski Island, Hawaii,  United States Passing just north of the atoll of Laysan, Hawaii,  United States
26°0′N 112°12′W / 26.000°N 112.200°W / 26.000; -112.200 (Mexico)	Mexico	Baja California Sur
26°0′N 111°20′W / 26.000°N 111.333°W / 26.000; -111.333 (Gulf of California)	Gulf of California
26°0′N 111°10′W / 26.000°N 111.167°W / 26.000; -111.167 (Mexico)	Mexico	Baja California Sur – Isla Carmen
26°0′N 111°5′W / 26.000°N 111.083°W / 26.000; -111.083 (Gulf of California)	Gulf of California
26°0′N 109°26′W / 26.000°N 109.433°W / 26.000; -109.433 (Mexico)	Mexico	Sinaloa Chihuahua Durango Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas - passing just south of Reynosa
26°0′N 97°39′W / 26.000°N 97.650°W / 26.000; -97.650 (United States)	United States	Texas - Passing through Brownsville
26°0′N 97°9′W / 26.000°N 97.150°W / 26.000; -97.150 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico
26°0′N 81°45′W / 26.000°N 81.750°W / 26.000; -81.750 (United States)	United States	Florida – passing through Hollywood (between Fort Lauderdale and Miami)
26°0′N 80°7′W / 26.000°N 80.117°W / 26.000; -80.117 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
26°0′N 77°24′W / 26.000°N 77.400°W / 26.000; -77.400 (Bahamas)	Bahamas	Island of Great Abaco
26°0′N 77°11′W / 26.000°N 77.183°W / 26.000; -77.183 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
26°0′N 14°30′W / 26.000°N 14.500°W / 26.000; -14.500 (Western Sahara)	Western Sahara	Claimed by  Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
26°0′N 12°0′W / 26.000°N 12.000°W / 26.000; -12.000 (Western Sahara / Mauritania border)	Western Sahara /  Mauritania border
26°0′N 8°40′W / 26.000°N 8.667°W / 26.000; -8.667 (Mauritania)	Mauritania
26°0′N 6°26′W / 26.000°N 6.433°W / 26.000; -6.433 (Mauritania)	Algeria

See also

• 25th parallel north
• 27th parallel north

References

1. Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 437–44.
2. "World Population Distribution by Latitude and Longitude". Engaging Data. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
3. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

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