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28th parallel north

Circle of latitude

28°

The 28th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 28 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

InMexico the parallel defines the border between the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.

This parallel also passes through Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, passing just north of its summit.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 55 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 28° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
28°0′N 0°0′E / 28.000°N 0.000°E / 28.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Algeria
28°0′N 9°55′E / 28.000°N 9.917°E / 28.000; 9.917 (Libya)	Libya
28°0′N 25°0′E / 28.000°N 25.000°E / 28.000; 25.000 (Egypt)	Egypt
28°0′N 33°27′E / 28.000°N 33.450°E / 28.000; 33.450 (Red Sea)	Red Sea	Gulf of Suez
28°0′N 33°48′E / 28.000°N 33.800°E / 28.000; 33.800 (Egypt)	Egypt	Sinai Peninsula - passing just north of Sharm El Sheikh
28°0′N 34°26′E / 28.000°N 34.433°E / 28.000; 34.433 (Red Sea)	Red Sea	Straits of Tiran
28°0′N 34°30′E / 28.000°N 34.500°E / 28.000; 34.500 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia	Island of Tiran
28°0′N 34°33′E / 28.000°N 34.550°E / 28.000; 34.550 (Red Sea)	Red Sea
28°0′N 35°10′E / 28.000°N 35.167°E / 28.000; 35.167 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia
28°0′N 48°46′E / 28.000°N 48.767°E / 28.000; 48.767 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf
28°0′N 51°20′E / 28.000°N 51.333°E / 28.000; 51.333 (Iran)	Iran
28°0′N 62°47′E / 28.000°N 62.783°E / 28.000; 62.783 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Balochistan Sindh Punjab
28°0′N 70°21′E / 28.000°N 70.350°E / 28.000; 70.350 (India)	India	Rajasthan
28°0′N 70°35′E / 28.000°N 70.583°E / 28.000; 70.583 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Punjab
28°0′N 71°54′E / 28.000°N 71.900°E / 28.000; 71.900 (India)	India	Rajasthan Haryana Rajasthan Haryana Uttar Pradesh
28°0′N 81°38′E / 28.000°N 81.633°E / 28.000; 81.633 (Nepal)	Nepal
28°0′N 85°57′E / 28.000°N 85.950°E / 28.000; 85.950 (China)	People's Republic of China	Tibet - for about 14 km
28°0′N 86°5′E / 28.000°N 86.083°E / 28.000; 86.083 (Nepal)	Nepal	For about 11 km
28°0′N 86°12′E / 28.000°N 86.200°E / 28.000; 86.200 (China)	People's Republic of China	Tibet - for about 30 km
28°0′N 86°30′E / 28.000°N 86.500°E / 28.000; 86.500 (Nepal)	Nepal	Mount Everest lies on the parallel as it crosses from Nepal to China
28°0′N 86°53′E / 28.000°N 86.883°E / 28.000; 86.883 (China)	People's Republic of China	Tibet
28°0′N 88°25′E / 28.000°N 88.417°E / 28.000; 88.417 (India)	India	Sikkim
28°0′N 88°50′E / 28.000°N 88.833°E / 28.000; 88.833 (China)	People's Republic of China	Tibet
28°0′N 88°27′E / 28.000°N 88.450°E / 28.000; 88.450 (Bhutan)	Bhutan
28°0′N 91°0′E / 28.000°N 91.000°E / 28.000; 91.000 (China)	People's Republic of China	Tibet - for about 15 km
28°0′N 91°9′E / 28.000°N 91.150°E / 28.000; 91.150 (Bhutan)	Bhutan
28°0′N 91°27′E / 28.000°N 91.450°E / 28.000; 91.450 (China)	People's Republic of China	Tibet
28°0′N 92°43′E / 28.000°N 92.717°E / 28.000; 92.717 (India)	India	Arunachal Pradesh
28°0′N 97°23′E / 28.000°N 97.383°E / 28.000; 97.383 (Myanmar)	Myanmar (Burma)
28°0′N 98°8′E / 28.000°N 98.133°E / 28.000; 98.133 (China)	People's Republic of China	Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Sichuan Guizhou Hunan Jiangxi Fujian Zhejiang - passing through Wenzhou
28°0′N 120°57′E / 28.000°N 120.950°E / 28.000; 120.950 (East China Sea)	East China Sea
28°0′N 129°5′E / 28.000°N 129.083°E / 28.000; 129.083 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing through the Amami Islands,  Japan Passing just north of the Bonin Islands,  Japan Passing just south of Midway Atoll,  United States Minor Outlying Islands Passing just north of Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii,  United States Passing just south of Cedros Island,  Mexico
28°0′N 114°12′W / 28.000°N 114.200°W / 28.000; -114.200 (Mexico)	Mexico	Baja California/Baja California Sur border
28°0′N 112°46′W / 28.000°N 112.767°W / 28.000; -112.767 (Gulf of California)	Gulf of California
28°0′N 111°10′W / 28.000°N 111.167°W / 28.000; -111.167 (Mexico)	Mexico	Passing 4 km north of Guaymas
28°0′N 100°0′W / 28.000°N 100.000°W / 28.000; -100.000 (United States)	United States	Texas - mainland and San José Island
28°0′N 96°54′W / 28.000°N 96.900°W / 28.000; -96.900 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico
28°0′N 82°50′W / 28.000°N 82.833°W / 28.000; -82.833 (United States)	United States	Florida - island of Clearwater Beach and the mainland
28°0′N 80°31′W / 28.000°N 80.517°W / 28.000; -80.517 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just south of the island of La Gomera,  Spain
28°0′N 16°42′W / 28.000°N 16.700°W / 28.000; -16.700 (Spain)	Spain	Island of Tenerife
28°0′N 16°38′W / 28.000°N 16.633°W / 28.000; -16.633 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
28°0′N 15°49′W / 28.000°N 15.817°W / 28.000; -15.817 (Spain)	Spain	Island of Gran Canaria
28°0′N 15°22′W / 28.000°N 15.367°W / 28.000; -15.367 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just south of the island of Fuerteventura,  Spain
28°0′N 12°32′W / 28.000°N 12.533°W / 28.000; -12.533 (Morocco)	Morocco
28°0′N 8°40′W / 28.000°N 8.667°W / 28.000; -8.667 (Algeria)	Algeria

• Twenty Eighth Parallel, by Vangelis, from the album Conquest of Paradise.

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