Sidi Barrani

Coordinates: 31°36′39″N 25°55′32″E / 31.61083°N 25.92556°E / 31.61083; 25.92556
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Sidi Barrani (

Arabic: سيدي براني  pronounced [ˈsiːdi bɑɾˈɾɑːni]) is a town in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea
, about 95 km (59 mi) east of the Egypt–Libya border, and around 240 km (150 mi) from Tobruk, Libya.

Named after

Senussi sheikh who was a head of its Zawiya,[2] 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.[3]

History

See also:
Military history of Egypt during World War II

Located close to the Roman city of Zygra, in the Roman province of

Italian Tenth Army built a series of forts
in the vicinity.

American Field Service volunteers, providing ambulance services and serving with the British 8th Army were based in the area, in June 1942, 30 miles east of Sidi Barrani.[citation needed
]

Sidi Barrani was a destination during the total solar eclipse on October 3, 2005, as expeditions traveled to the best observation point, Zawiet Mahtallah, 27 km (17 mi) east of Sidi Barrani. [4]

Climate

hot desert (BWh), but it is part of the northern coast of Egypt
which has moderated temperatures.

Climate data for Sidi Barrani
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 17.9
(64.2) 		18.8
(65.8) 		20.2
(68.4) 		22.2
(72.0) 		24.1
(75.4) 		27
(81) 		28.2
(82.8) 		29
(84) 		28.1
(82.6) 		26.4
(79.5) 		23.5
(74.3) 		19.6
(67.3) 		23.8
(74.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.1
(55.6) 		13.9
(57.0) 		15.3
(59.5) 		17.5
(63.5) 		19.9
(67.8) 		22.7
(72.9) 		25
(77) 		25.5
(77.9) 		24.2
(75.6) 		21.8
(71.2) 		18.6
(65.5) 		14.5
(58.1) 		19.3
(66.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 8.4
(47.1) 		9
(48) 		10.5
(50.9) 		12.9
(55.2) 		15.7
(60.3) 		18.5
(65.3) 		21.9
(71.4) 		22.1
(71.8) 		20.4
(68.7) 		17.3
(63.1) 		13.8
(56.8) 		9.4
(48.9) 		15.0
(59.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 39
(1.5) 		17
(0.7) 		11
(0.4) 		5
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		1
(0.0) 		18
(0.7) 		21
(0.8) 		33
(1.3) 		148
(5.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

In popular media

In Kurt Vonnegut's novel

Battle of Sidi Barrani
. The battle continued until 10 December, in which 30,000 British troops defeated almost 80,000 Italian soldiers holding the town.

"Did I ever tell you about the time I was in Sidi Barrani?" was a catchphrase for Kenneth Horne in the BBC radio comedy show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh which ran from 1944 to 1954 and was initially about life on a mythical Royal Air Force (RAF) station.

Spike Milligan was, according to his memoirs, posted to Sidi Barrani during the Second World War.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sīdī Barrānī (Kism (urban and rural parts), Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ Souar men Beladi magazine, no. 2, Souar men tharikh at Tariqa as Sanusiya, Maktab as Seraj li Di'aya wal I'lan, p. 39.
  3. ^ "US says Russia has deployed forces to Egypt air base". Middle East online. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. ^ "
    Valoria La Buena
    annular eclipse expedition Oct. 3, 2005" (report), Solar Physics Group, Astrophysics Lab, University of Rome, January 10, 2007, webpage (mostly Italian): ICRA-solar: mentions the Sidi Barrani observation area.
  5. ^ "Climate: Sidi al Barrani – Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

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