Bir al-Abd
Coordinates: 31 ° 1 ′ N , 33 ° 1 ′ E
Bir al-Abd ( Arabic بئر العبد, DMG Biʾr al-ʿAbd ) is a city in the Shimal Sina Governorate in Egypt .
geography
The city is located in the north of the Sinai Peninsula , about 80 kilometers west of al-Arish , not far from Lake Bardawil .
traffic
The city is located on the Egyptian international coastal route.
history
The name means "well of the slave". It is believed that the name goes back to an actual well. On August 9, 1916, a conflict between the Sinai Front during the First World War took place here. The ANZAC Mounted Division of the British Empire conquered areas occupied by the Ottomans .
On November 24, 2017, when the al-Rawda mosque was attacked, a terrorist attack on a mosque about 30 kilometers east of Bir al-Abd took place with more than 300 dead.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.northsinai.gov.eg
- ^ Henry Somer Gullett : The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914-1918. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918. Volume VII. Sydney: Angus and Robertson (1923) OCLC 59863829.
- ↑ More than 235 dead in attack on mosque on Sinai at zeit.de