| Sidi Barrani | |
| Native Name: | سيدي براني |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Egypt |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Matruh |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,589 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 63,098 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Metro Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Blank1 Sq Mi: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 31.6108°N 25.9256°W |
| Elevation M: | 13 |
Sidi Barrani (Arabic: سيدي براني pronounced as /ˈsiːdi bɑɾˈɾɑːni/) is a town in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about95km (59miles) east of the Egypt–Libya border, and around 240km (150miles) from Tobruk, Libya.
Named after Sidi es-Saadi el Barrani, a Senussi sheikh who was a head of its Zawiya,[2] the village is mainly a Bedouin community. It has food, gasoline outlets and one small hotel, but virtually no tourist activity or visited historical curiosities. It is the site of an Egyptian Air Force base.[3]
See also: Battle of Sidi Barrani, Military history of Italy during World War II and Military history of Egypt during World War II. Located close to the Roman city of Zygra, in the Roman province of Libya Inferior, Sidi Barrani is often mentioned in historical records to mark the limit of the initial Italian invasion of Egypt from Libya. The Italian Tenth Army built a series of forts in the vicinity.
American Field Service volunteers, providing ambulance services and serving with the British 8th Army were based in the area, in June 1942, 30 miles east of Sidi Barrani.
Sidi Barrani was a destination during the total solar eclipse on October 3, 2005, as expeditions traveled to the best observation point, Zawiet Mahtallah, 27km (17miles) east of Sidi Barrani.[4]
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), but it is part of the northern coast of Egypt which has moderated temperatures.
In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Bluebeard, Sidi Barrani is the site where Dan Gregory (a tormenting magazine illustrator and Nazi sympathizer) was killed on 7 December 1940 during the Battle of Sidi Barrani. The battle continued until 10 December, in which 30,000 British troops defeated almost 80,000 Italian soldiers holding the town.
"Did I ever tell you about the time I was in Sidi Barrani?" was a catchphrase for Kenneth Horne in the BBC radio comedy show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh which ran from 1944 to 1954 and was initially about life on a mythical Royal Air Force (RAF) station.
Spike Milligan was, according to his memoirs, posted to Sidi Barrani during the Second World War.
