Sidi Brahim

Sidi Brahim سيدي ابراھيم Bencenna
Commune and town
Sidi Brahim
Coordinates: 35°15′38″N 0°34′03″W / 35.2606778°N 0.5674668°W / 35.2606778; -0.5674668
Country	Algeria
Province	Sidi Bel Abbès Province
Population  (2008)
• Total	10,371
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

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.

35°15′38″N 0°34′03″W / 35.26056°N 0.56750°W / 35.26056; -0.56750