Sr'bium

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Sr'bium (سرايبوم)
Basic data
Governorate : Al-Ismaʿiliyya
Geographic location : 30 ° 29 ′  N , 32 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 29 ′  N , 32 ° 19 ′  E
Height : m above sea level NN
Area : 2 km²
Residents :
Telephone code : 06
Local breakdown: 1 district
Sr'bium (Egypt)
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Sr'bium ( Latin Serapeum, also Sarabium, Arabic سرايبوم) is a village in al-Ismaʿiliyya Governorate in Egypt . It is located about eight kilometers northwest of the great bitter lake al-Buhayrah al-Murra al-Kubra . To the east of the village is the Suez Canal . The administrative center of the governorate is located in Ismailia, about 13 kilometers to the northwest . The main source of income for the inhabitants is agriculture. The name of the village suggests a serapeum for the god Serapis from pre-Christian and pre-Islamic times .

Australian light railroad at the end of the rails in Serapeum, 1914–1918