17th parallel north

Summary

17th parallel north is a circle of latitude^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of circle_of_latitude entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 17th parallel north is in the country of Mali^[3].
• 17th parallel north is in the country of Niger^[4].
• 17th parallel north is in the country of Chad^[5].
• 17th parallel north is in the country of Sudan^[6].
• 17th parallel north is in the country of Eritrea^[7].
• 17th parallel north is in the country of Saudi Arabia^[8].
• 17th parallel north's instance of is recorded as circle of latitude^[9].
• 17th parallel north's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[10].
• 17th parallel north's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 17, 'lon': 0}^[11].
• 17th parallel north's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048wn_^[12].
• 17th parallel north's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/seventeenth-parallel^[13].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Mali^[3], a sovereign state^[14], in Mali^[15], founded in 1960^[16]; Niger^[4], a republic^[17], in Niger^[18], founded in 1960^[19]; Chad^[5], a sovereign state^[20], in Chad^[21], founded in 1960^[22]; Sudan^[6], a republic^[23], in Sudan^[24], founded in 1956^[25]; Eritrea^[7], a sovereign state^[26], in Eritrea^[27], founded in 1993^[28]; and Saudi Arabia^[8], a sovereign state^[29], in Saudi Arabia^[30], founded in 1727^[31].

Designation and Status

17th parallel north's instance of is recorded as circle of latitude^[9].

Why It Matters

17th parallel north ranks in the top 10% of circle_of_latitude entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]