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The 21st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 21 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 25 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 51 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 21° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
21°0′N 0°0′E / 21.000°N 0.000°E / 21.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Mali
21°0′N 1°11′E / 21.000°N 1.183°E / 21.000; 1.183 (Algeria)	Algeria
21°0′N 7°42′E / 21.000°N 7.700°E / 21.000; 7.700 (Niger)	Niger
21°0′N 15°36′E / 21.000°N 15.600°E / 21.000; 15.600 (Chad)	Chad
21°0′N 21°5′E / 21.000°N 21.083°E / 21.000; 21.083 (Libya)	Libya
21°0′N 25°0′E / 21.000°N 25.000°E / 21.000; 25.000 (Sudan)	Sudan
21°0′N 37°7′E / 21.000°N 37.117°E / 21.000; 37.117 (Red Sea)	Indian Ocean	Red Sea
21°0′N 39°17′E / 21.000°N 39.283°E / 21.000; 39.283 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia
21°0′N 55°20′E / 21.000°N 55.333°E / 21.000; 55.333 (Oman)	Oman
21°0′N 58°48′E / 21.000°N 58.800°E / 21.000; 58.800 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea
21°0′N 70°14′E / 21.000°N 70.233°E / 21.000; 70.233 (India)	India	Gujarat - Kathiawar peninsula
21°0′N 71°40′E / 21.000°N 71.667°E / 21.000; 71.667 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Gulf of Khambhat
21°0′N 72°44′E / 21.000°N 72.733°E / 21.000; 72.733 (India)	India	Gujarat Maharashtra Chhattisgarh Orissa
21°0′N 86°53′E / 21.000°N 86.883°E / 21.000; 86.883 (Indian Ocean)	Indian Ocean	Bay of Bengal
21°0′N 92°11′E / 21.000°N 92.183°E / 21.000; 92.183 (Bangladesh)	Bangladesh
21°0′N 92°16′E / 21.000°N 92.267°E / 21.000; 92.267 (Myanmar)	Myanmar (Burma)
21°0′N 100°33′E / 21.000°N 100.550°E / 21.000; 100.550 (Laos)	Laos
21°0′N 103°4′E / 21.000°N 103.067°E / 21.000; 103.067 (Vietnam)	Vietnam	Mainland and some islands; passing through Hanoi
21°0′N 107°50′E / 21.000°N 107.833°E / 21.000; 107.833 (South China Sea)	Pacific Ocean	Gulf of Tonkin - passing just south of Weizhou Island, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
21°0′N 109°41′E / 21.000°N 109.683°E / 21.000; 109.683 (China)	People's Republic of China	Guangdong ( Leizhou Peninsula and Donghai Island)
21°0′N 110°31′E / 21.000°N 110.517°E / 21.000; 110.517 (South China Sea)	South China Sea	Passing just south of Mavudis island, Philippines
21°0′N 121°56′E / 21.000°N 121.933°E / 21.000; 121.933 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing between Molokai and Lanai islands, Hawaii, United States
21°0′N 156°40′W / 21.000°N 156.667°W / 21.000; -156.667 (United States)	United States	Island of Maui, Hawaii
21°0′N 156°33′W / 21.000°N 156.550°W / 21.000; -156.550 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
21°0′N 105°20′W / 21.000°N 105.333°W / 21.000; -105.333 (Mexico)	Mexico	passing just south of León, Guanajuato
21°0′N 97°19′W / 21.000°N 97.317°W / 21.000; -97.317 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico	Bay of Campeche
21°0′N 90°20′W / 21.000°N 90.333°W / 21.000; -90.333 (Mexico)	Mexico	Yucatán Peninsula - passing through Mérida
21°0′N 86°49′W / 21.000°N 86.817°W / 21.000; -86.817 (Caribbean Sea)	Caribbean Sea
21°0′N 79°13′W / 21.000°N 79.217°W / 21.000; -79.217 (Cuba)	Cuba	Doce Leguas Cays
21°0′N 79°10′W / 21.000°N 79.167°W / 21.000; -79.167 (Caribbean Sea)	Caribbean Sea
21°0′N 78°26′W / 21.000°N 78.433°W / 21.000; -78.433 (Cuba)	Cuba
21°0′N 75°34′W / 21.000°N 75.567°W / 21.000; -75.567 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
21°0′N 73°42′W / 21.000°N 73.700°W / 21.000; -73.700 (Bahamas)	Bahamas	Great Inagua island
21°0′N 73°8′W / 21.000°N 73.133°W / 21.000; -73.133 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing to the south of the southernmost cays of the Turks and Caicos Islands
21°0′N 17°3′W / 21.000°N 17.050°W / 21.000; -17.050 (Western Sahara)	Western Sahara	Claimed by Morocco - Ras Nouadhibou peninsula
21°0′N 17°2′W / 21.000°N 17.033°W / 21.000; -17.033 (Mauritania)	Mauritania	Ras Nouadhibou peninsula
21°0′N 17°0′W / 21.000°N 17.000°W / 21.000; -17.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
21°0′N 16°50′W / 21.000°N 16.833°W / 21.000; -16.833 (Mauritania)	Mauritania
21°0′N 6°6′W / 21.000°N 6.100°W / 21.000; -6.100 (Mali)	Mali

References

^ "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.

[1] "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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