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The parallel 33° north is an imaginary circle of latitude that's 33 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33° north passes through:

Algeria;
Tunisia;
Libya;
The Mediterranean Sea;
Israel;
The Golan Heights;
Syria;
Jordan;
Iraq;
Iran;
Afghanistan;
Pakistan;
Kashmir (area administered by Pakistan, and area administered by India);
India;
Disputed area between India and the People's Republic of China;
The People's Republic of China (including Tibet);
East China Sea;
Japan (Nakadori, Kyūshū and Shikoku);
The Pacific Ocean;
The United States;
- California (San Clemente Island and mainland);
- Arizona;
- New Mexico;
- Texas;
- Arkansas / Louisiana (see below);
- Mississippi;
- Alabama;
- Georgia;
- South Carolina;
The Atlantic Ocean;
Portugal (Porto Santo Island, Madeira);
Morocco.

The parallel is notable for being the northern boundary of airspace controlled by Operation Southern Watch after the 1991 Gulf War and before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
It also forms the common border between Arkansas in the north and Louisiana on the south. The Louisiana Territory was that part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase which lay north of the 33rd parallel.
The 33rd Parallel is part of the horse latitudes.

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