17Th Parallel North
The 17th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 17 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.
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The parallel is particularly significant in the history of Vietnam (see below).
At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 9 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 7 minutes during the winter solstice.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 17° north passes through:
Vietnam
The Seventeenth parallel (Vietnamese: vĩ tuyến 17) was the provisional military demarcation line between North and South Vietnam established by the Geneva Accords of 1954. The demarcation line did not exactly coincide with the 17th parallel but ran south of it, approximately along the Bến Hải River in Quảng Trị Province to the village of Bo Ho Su and from there due west to the Laos–Vietnam border.
In 1976 the demarcation line was made irrelevant as Vietnam was unified following the withdrawal of American forces and the surrender of the South Vietnamese government.
See also
- 16th parallel north
- 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, 1968 documentary film
- 18th parallel north
- 38th parallel north, similar line once dividing North and South Korea
References
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