Sidra

Sidra or Sidr is a port about 23 km west of Ra's Lanuf in . It is Libya's largest oil depot, shipping about 447,000 barrels per day, and during the Cold War gave its name to the 'Gulf of Sidra', an alternative name for the Gulf of Sirte.
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  • Type: Dune
  • Description: town in Libya
  • Also known as: Sidra, Libya

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ras Lanuf.

Town
is a Mediterranean town in northern , on the Gulf of Sidra in Tripolitania. The town is also home to the Ra's Lanuf Refinery, completed in 1984, with a crude oil refining capacity of 220,000 bbl/d. is situated 8 km southeast of Sidra.

Sidra

Latitude
30.6389° or 30° 38′ 20″ north
Longitude
18.35288° or 18° 21′ 10″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LY ESI
Open location code
8F2WJ9Q3+H5
Geo­Names ID
2219342
Wiki­data ID
Q291912
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Sidra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ميناء السدرة النفطي
  • Arabic: ميناء السدرة
  • Arabic: ميناء سدرا النفطي
  • Arabic: ميناء سدرا
  • Arabic: ميناء سدرة النفطي
  • Arabic: ميناء سدرة
  • Asturian: Sidra
  • Bulgarian: Ес Сидер
  • Bulgarian: Сидер
  • Cebuano: As Sidr
  • Chinese: 錫德拉
  • Dutch: Sidra
  • French: As-Sidra
  • French: Sidra
  • German: Al Sidr
  • German: Al Sidra
  • German: As Sidr
  • German: As-Sidr
  • German: Es Sider
  • German: Es-Sider
  • Italian: Sidra (Libia)
  • Italian: Sidra
  • Persian: سدره
  • Polish: As-Sidr
  • Polish: As-Sidra
  • Polish: Es Sider
  • Russian: Эс-Сидер
  • Russian: Эс-Сидр
  • South Azerbaijani: سدره
  • Swedish: As Sidr
  • Uzbek: Sidra

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