11th parallel north

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11th parallel north

The 11th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 11 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, South America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours, 46 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 29 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

In Thailand, a 1966 cabinet resolution restricts the rights of non-Thai companies to conduct mineral exploration or mining operations north of this parallel.^[2]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 11° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
11°0′N 0°0′E	Ghana
11°0′N 0°2′E	Togo
11°0′N 0°30′E	Burkina Faso
11°0′N 0°55′E	Benin
11°0′N 3°45′E	Nigeria
11°0′N 13°46′E	Cameroon
11°0′N 15°3′E	Chad
11°0′N 22°28′E	Central African Republic	The extreme north of the country, for about 8 km
11°0′N 22°32′E	Chad
11°0′N 22°54′E	Sudan
11°0′N 32°25′E	South Sudan
11°0′N 33°14′E	Sudan
11°0′N 34°58′E	Ethiopia
11°0′N 41°48′E	Djibouti
11°0′N 42°27′E	Ethiopia
11°0′N 42°47′E	Djibouti
11°0′N 42°58′E	Somalia	Somaliland
11°0′N 43°39′E	Gulf of Aden
11°0′N 47°6′E	Somalia	Somaliland and Puntland
11°0′N 51°7′E	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea Passing between the islands of Bangaram and Amini in  India's Lakshadweep Islands Lakshadweep Sea
11°0′N 75°51′E	India	Kerala Tamil Nadu – passing through Coimbatore Puducherry: Karaikal district, for about 4 km
11°0′N 79°51′E	Indian Ocean	Bay of Bengal Passing between Rutland Island and Little Andaman in  India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Sea – passing just north of the island of Lanbi Kyun,  Myanmar
11°0′N 98°26′E	Myanmar (Burma)	Island of Kau-Ye Kyun, and the mainland
11°0′N 99°6′E	Thailand
11°0′N 99°29′E	Gulf of Thailand
11°0′N 103°6′E	Cambodia
11°0′N 103°25′E	Bay of Kompong Som
11°0′N 103°39′E	Cambodia
11°0′N 105°42′E	Vietnam	For about 10 km
11°0′N 105°47′E	Cambodia
11°0′N 106°12′E	Vietnam	Passing just north of Ho Chi Minh City, through the suburb of Thủ Dầu Một
11°0′N 108°21′E	South China Sea	Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands
11°0′N 119°16′E	Philippines	Island of Palawan
11°0′N 119°30′E	Sulu Sea	Passing amongst the Cuyo Islands,  Philippines
11°0′N 122°2′E	Philippines	Island of Panay
11°0′N 122°51′E	Guimaras Strait
11°0′N 123°11′E	Philippines	Island of Negros (northernmost tip)
11°0′N 123°12′E	Visayan Sea
11°0′N 123°56′E	Philippines	Island of Cebu
11°0′N 124°2′E	Camotes Sea
11°0′N 124°26′E	Philippines	Island of Leyte
11°0′N 125°2′E	Pacific Ocean
11°0′N 125°37′E	Philippines	Island of Manicani
11°0′N 125°39′E	Pacific Ocean
11°0′N 125°47′E	Philippines	Island of Calicoan
11°0′N 125°48′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just south of Ailinginae and Rongelap atolls,  Marshall Islands Passing just south of Toke atoll,  Marshall Islands
11°0′N 85°43′W	Costa Rica
11°0′N 85°4′W	Nicaragua
11°0′N 84°49′W	Costa Rica
11°0′N 84°29′W	Nicaragua
11°0′N 83°47′W	Caribbean Sea
11°0′N 74°47′W	Colombia	Passing through Barranquilla
11°0′N 74°34′W	Caribbean Sea
11°0′N 74°17′W	Colombia
11°0′N 72°31′W	Venezuela
11°0′N 71°37′W	Caribbean Sea	Gulf of Venezuela
11°0′N 71°12′W	Venezuela
11°0′N 68°19′W	Caribbean Sea	Passing just north of La Tortuga Island,  Venezuela
11°0′N 64°23′W	Venezuela	Isla Margarita
11°0′N 63°47′W	Caribbean Sea	Passing between the islands of Trinidad and Tobago,  Trinidad and Tobago
11°0′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just south of the Bissagos Islands,  Guinea-Bissau
11°0′N 15°14′W	Guinea-Bissau
11°0′N 14°57′W	Guinea
11°0′N 8°41′W	Mali
11°0′N 8°31′W	Guinea
11°0′N 8°17′W	Mali
11°0′N 5°29′W	Burkina Faso
11°0′N 2°50′W	Ghana	For about 8 km
11°0′N 2°46′W	Burkina Faso
11°0′N 1°35′W	Ghana
11°0′N 1°24′W	Burkina Faso
11°0′N 1°7′W	Ghana	For about 9 km
11°0′N 1°3′W	Burkina Faso
11°0′N 0°50′W	Ghana	For about 2 km
11°0′N 0°48′W	Burkina Faso
11°0′N 0°30′W	Ghana

As a border

The border between Ghana and what was then French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) was fixed by treaty between the French and British at the Conference of Paris in 1898, to be the 11th parallel.^[3] The border does not follow the boundary exactly, but follows it approximately, crossing over it several times.

References

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.
2. Doing Business in Thailand. By Thailand BLC Publishing Co.;(1988)
3. Shillington, Kevin (2005). "Burkina Faso (Upper Volta): Nineteenth Century". Encyclopedia of African History. CRC Press. p. 181. ISBN 1-57958-245-1.

See also

• 10th parallel north
• 12th parallel north