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Sidi Barrani, Egypt
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Site of Sidi Barrani

Location of Site of Sidi Barrani

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Coordinates: 31°36′39″N 25°55′32″E / 31.61083, 25.92556
Elevation 13 m (42 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 14,393

Sidi Barrani (Arabic: سيدي برّاني‎) is a village in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about 95 km (59 miles) east of the border with Libya, and around 240 km (149 miles) from Tobruk. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Tobruk or Tubruq (طبرق also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Ţubruq, Tobruck) is a Town, Seaport

Sidi Barrani is mainly a Bedouin community, with food and gasoline supplies, but it has little if any tourist activity or organized historical curiosities. The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (ar بدوي pl badū) are a desert-dwelling Arab Nomadic pastoralist, or previously It has only one small hotel.

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History

Sidi Barrani is often used, in historical writing, to mark the extent of the initial Italian invasion into Egypt, from Libya. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Italian Tenth Army built a series of forts in the vicinity. The Italian Tenth Army was based in the eastern side of Libya in Cyrenaica. Fortifications are Military Constructions and Buildings designed for defense in Warfare Humans have constructed defensive works for

American Field Service volunteers (providing ambulance services), serving with the 8th Army, were based in the area, in June 1942, 30 miles east of Sidi Barrani. AFS (originally the American Field Service) was established in 1915 by A The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations in World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns It was a British

Sidi Barrani was a destination point during the total solar eclipse on October 3, 2005, as expeditions traveled to the best observation point, Zawiet Mahtallah, 27 km (16. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 8 miles) east of Sidi Barrani. [1]

Sidi Barrani is near the Mediterranean Sea (top left).
Sidi Barrani is near the Mediterranean Sea (top left).

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Notes

  1. ^ "Valoria La Buena annular eclipse expedition Oct. During the era of World War II (1939 - 1945 the Kingdom of Italy had a very varied and tumultuous Military history. Introduction See also History of Modern Egypt In 1882 Egypt became a de facto British colony 3, 2005" (report), Solar Physics Group, Astrophysics Lab, University of Rome, January 10, 2007, webpage (mostly Italiano): ICRA-solar: mentions Sidi Barrani observation area.

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