Sallum
 
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Sallum , also As Sallum or Sollum ( Arabic السلوم, DMG as-Sallūm ), is a border and port town on the northwest coast of Egypt and on the Mediterranean Sea . Sallum is located east of the border with the neighboring state of Libya and around 145 km from the Libyan city of Tobruk . In 2006 it had around 14,000 inhabitants.
Infrastructure
Sallum is shaped by the Bedouin culture. There is a regional market in the village. There is also a post office and a bank branch. Sallum is currently the end point of a railway line operated by the Egyptian State Railways via Marsa Matruh into the Nile Delta.
There is little tourism . One of the few attractions is a military cemetery from the Second World War .
history
At Sallum there are remains from ancient times. So Roman walls have been preserved.
Despite its relative isolation, the place has been the scene of armed conflicts several times in modern times.
Until 1911 the place belonged to the Ottoman Sanjak Benghazi , but was occupied by Anglo-Egyptian troops in the course of the Italo-Turkish War (→ occupation of Sollum ). Since the Milner-Shialoja Agreement of December 6, 1925, Sallum has also formally belonged to Egypt.
During the First World War , the port was attacked by the German submarine SM U 35 , whereby two British gunboats were destroyed or damaged (→ action by SM U 35 in the Gulf of Sollum ). In 1916, the rebellious Senussi Order near Sallum was decisively defeated by Anglo-Egyptian troops.
During the Second World War , the place was the theater of war in the Africa campaign , in which there was fighting between German-Italian associations and troops of the British Commonwealth . Sallum was a transit point in the attack by the Axis powers on Egypt.
In the Libyan-Egyptian border war of 1977 Sallum was under artillery fire.
On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse was observed in Sallum , which attracted onlookers from all over the world.
Places in the vicinity
- Bardia (Libya)
- Sidi Barrani (Egypt)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Werner Neulen: Feldgrau in Jerusalem . 2nd edition, Munich: Universitas, 2002, p. 102. ISBN 3-8004-1437-6
- ↑ Hoheberg Observatory: Total solar eclipse on March 29, 2006, As Sallum, Egypt
Coordinates: 31 ° 33 ' N , 25 ° 9' E