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Sallum
Sign in to saveSallum ( various transliterations include El Salloum, As Sallum or Sollum) is a harbourside village or town in Egypt. It is along the Egypt/Libyan short north–south aligned coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the far northwest corner of Egypt. It is, geodesically, east of the border with Libya, and from the notable port of Tobruk, Libya.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sallum
- Settlement.native_name
- السلومas-Sallūm
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village/harbour-side town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sallum.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The east-facing centre and (to background) south of the town which is where the coast assumes its overall north direction as throughout the rest of Egypt, though having many headlands much further east. The desert hills are the Akabah el-Kebir.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Matruh
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 14393
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Early settlement
- Sovereignty and battles
- Solar eclipse
- Climate
- In Egyptian pop culture
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Sallum ( various transliterations include El Salloum, As Sallum or Sollum) is a harbourside village or town in Egypt. It is along the Egypt/Libyan short north–south aligned coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the far northwest corner of Egypt. It is, geodesically, east of the border with Libya, and from the notable port of Tobruk, Libya.
Sallum is mainly a Bedouin community of the families of merchants, fishermen and herdsmen. It has little tourist activity and few organized historical curiosities. It is a key trading center for the local Bedouin community. It has a World War II Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery and is north of Halfaya Pass.