Sidi Barrani

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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
Elevation 13 m (42 ft)
Population (2006)
 - City 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.

Sidi Barrani is mainly a Bedouin community, with food and gasoline supplies, but it has little if any tourist activity or organized historical curiosities. It has only one small hotel.

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[edit] History

Sidi Barrani is often mentioned, in historical terms, to denote the extent of the initial Italian invasion into Egypt, from Libya, and the Italian Tenth Army would build a series of forts in the vicinity of Sidi Barrani.

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 (16.8 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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  1. ^ "Valoria La Buena annular eclipse expedition Oct. 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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