Is the 33rd Parallel Important?

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33° north passes through:
Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
33°0′N 0°0′E / 33.000°N 0.000°E / 33.000; 0.000	Algeria
33°0′N 8°11′E / 33.000°N 8.183°E / 33.000; 8.183	Tunisia
33°0′N 11°31′E / 33.000°N 11.517°E / 33.000; 11.517	Libya
33°0′N 35°5′E / 33.000°N 35.083°E / 33.000; 35.083	Israel
33°0′N 35°37′E / 33.000°N 35.617°E / 33.000; 35.617	Golan Heights	Territory controlled by  Israel, claimed by  Syria
33°0′N 35°53′E / 33.000°N 35.883°E / 33.000; 35.883	Syria
33°0′N 38°5′E / 33.000°N 38.083°E / 33.000; 38.083	Jordan
33°0′N 39°3′E / 33.000°N 39.050°E / 33.000; 39.050	Iraq
33°0′N 46°6′E / 33.000°N 46.100°E / 33.000; 46.100	Iran
33°0′N 60°38′E / 33.000°N 60.633°E / 33.000; 60.633	Afghanistan
33°0′N 69°30′E / 33.000°N 69.500°E / 33.000; 69.500	Pakistan	Federally Administered Tribal Areas
		Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
		Punjab
		Azad Kashmir - claimed by
		India
33°0′N 74°21′E / 33.000°N 74.350°E / 33.000; 74.350	India	Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by  Pakistan
		Himachal Pradesh
		Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by
		Pakistan
33°0′N 79°14′E / 33.000°N 79.233°E / 33.000; 79.233	Aksai Chin	Disputed by India and  People's Republic of China
33°0′N 79°21′E / 33.000°N 79.350°E / 33.000; 79.350	People's Republic of China	Tibet
		Qinghai
		Sichuan
		Qinghai
		Sichuan
		Gansu
		Shaanxi
		Hubei
		Henan
		Anhui
		Jiangsu
		Anhui (for about 12km)
		Jiangsu
33°0′N 129°2′E / 33.000°N 129.033°E / 33.000; 129.033	Japan	Island of Nakadori:
		Nagasaki Prefecture
		Island of Kyūshū:
		Nagasaki Prefecture
		Saga Prefecture
		Kumamoto Prefecture
		Ōita Prefecture
		Island of Shikoku:
		Ehime Prefecture
		Kōchi Prefecture
33°0′N 118°35′W / 33.000°N 118.583°W / 33.000; -118.583	United States	California - San Clemente Island
33°0′N 117°17′W / 33.000°N 117.283°W / 33.000; -117.283	United States	California
		Arizona
		New Mexico
		Texas
		Louisiana - just south of the border with Arkansas
		Mississippi
		Alabama
		Georgia
		South Carolina
33°0′N 16°23′W / 33.000°N 16.383°W / 33.000; -16.383	Portugal	Cal Islet, south of Porto Santo Island, Madeira
33°0′N 8°45′W / 33.000°N 8.750°W / 33.000; -8.750	Morocco
33°0′N 1°28′W / 33.000°N 1.467°W / 33.000; -1.467	Algeria