Sr'bium
| Sr'bium (سرايبوم) | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Governorate : | Al-Ismaʿiliyya | ||
| Geographic location : | 30 ° 29 ′ N , 32 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 8 m above sea level NN | ||
| Area : | 2 km² | ||
| Residents : | |||
| Telephone code : | 06 | ||
| Local breakdown: | 1 district | ||
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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 .
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Australian light railroad at the end of the rails in Serapeum, 1914–1918