For other uses see Sidi Brahim (disambiguation).
Official Name: | Sidi Brahim |
Other Name: | Bencenna |
Native Name: | Arabic: سيدي ابراھيم |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | Sidi Bel Abbès Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 10371 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 35.2607°N -0.5675°W |
Sidi Brahim is a small commune of Sidi Bel Abbès Province, Algeria. It gives its name to Sidi Brahim wine and was the location of the Battle of Sidi Brahim in 1845 during the French conquest of Algeria.
During the Roman Empire Sidi Brahim was the site of a town of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis called Bencenna.[1] The remains of Bencenna were tentatively identified with ruins at Sidi Brahim.