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Sidi Brahim

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Sidi Brahim
سيدي ابراھيم
Bencenna
Commune and town
Sidi Brahim
Location within Algeria
Coordinates: 35°15′38″N 0°34′03″W / 35.2606778°N 0.5674668°W
Country Algeria
Province Sidi Bel Abbès Province
Population
(2008)
• Total 10,371
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

Sidi Brahim is a small commune of Sidi Bel Abbès Province, Algeria, most famous for producing Sidi Brahim wine.

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

35°15′38″N 0°34′03″W / 35.26056°N 0.56750°W

References

  1. Back to citation Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 32 E4.