Place:Sidi Barrani, Matruh, Egypt

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NameSidi Barrani
Alt namesSīdī Barrānīsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates31.6°N 25.917°E
Located inMatruh, Egypt
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Sidi Barrani (  ) is a town in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about 

east of the Egypt–Libya border, and around  from Tobruk, Libya.

Named after Sidi es-Saadi el Barrani, a Senussi sheikh who was a head of its Zawiya, the village is mainly a Bedouin community. It has food, gasoline outlets and one small hotel, but virtually no tourist activity or visited historical curiosities. It is the site of an Egyptian Air Force base.

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