title: 26th parallel north
text: # 26th parallel north
  
  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:
  
      Co-ordinates 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
  