Sidi Brahim

Sidi Brahim سيدي ابراھيم Bencenna
Commune and town


Sidi Brahim
Coordinates: 35°15′38″N 0°34′03″W / 35.2606778°N 0.5674668°W / 35.2606778; -0.5674668
Country	Algeria
Province	Sidi Bel Abbès Province
Population (2008)
• Total	10,371
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Sidi Brahim is a small commune of Sidi Bel Abbès Province, Algeria. It gives its name to Sidi Brahim wine and was the location of the Battle of Sidi Brahim in 1845 during the French-Algerian War.

During the Roman Empire Sidi Brahim was the site of a town of the province of Africa Proconsularis called Bencenna.^[1] The remains of Bencenna were tentatively identified with ruins at Sidi-Brahim.

References

Sidi Bel Abbès Province
Capital: Sidi Bel Abbès
Districts	Aïn El Berd Ben Badis Marhoum Mérine Mostefa Ben Brahim Moulay Slissen Ras El Ma Sfisef Sidi Ali Benyoub Sidi Ali Boussidi Sidi Bel Abbès Sidi Lahcène Télagh Ténira Téssala
Communes	Aïn Adden Aïn El Berd Aïn Kada Aïn Thrid Aïn Tindamine Amarnas Badredine El Mokrani Belarbi Ben Badis Benachiba Chelia Bir El Hammam Boudjebaa El Bordj Boukhanafis Chettouane Belaila Dhaya El Hacaiba Hassi Dahou Hassi Zehana Lamtar Makedra Marhoum M'Cid Merine Mezaourou Mostefa Ben Brahim Moulay Slissen Oued Sebaa Oued Sefioun Oued Taourira Ras El Ma Redjem Demouche Sehala Thaoura Sfissef Sidi Ali Benyoub Sidi Ali Boussidi Sidi Bel Abbes Sidi Brahim Sidi Chaib Sidi Dahou el Zairs Sidi Hamadouche Sidi Khaled Sidi Lahcene Sidi Yacoub Tabya Tafissour Taoudmout Teghalimet Telagh Tenezara Tenira Tessala Tilmouni Zerouala

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