Sallum Egypt Libya Border 2011 · DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0

Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (13) · Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0

Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (16) · Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0

Marsa Matrouh - El Salloum Rd, Egypt - panoramio · Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0

Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (14) · Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0

Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (12) · Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0

As Sallūm, Egypt

السلوم

As Sallūm is a town of 16,545 people in Matruh, Egypt.

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Population16,545 GeoNames

Local nameالسلوم

RegionMatruh

Elevation5 m 16 ft

Time zoneAfrica/Cairo

About As Sallūm

Sallum (Arabic: السلوم, romanized: as-Sallūm Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [essælˈluːm] 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, eight kilometres (five miles) east of the border with Libya, and 128 kilometres (80 mi) from the notable port of Tobruk, Libya.

From the Wikipedia article Sallum (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Salloum Central Hospital

Clinic and pharmacy · 0.8 km

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Sīdī Barānī 73 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car

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Photo credits

Sallum Egypt Libya Border 2011, DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (13), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (16), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsa Matrouh - El Salloum Rd, Egypt - panoramio, Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (14), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (12), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (15), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (11), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (5), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (3), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (4), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (2), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (10), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0
Patiently waiting for a flight home (5755270530), DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0
Qesm as Saloum, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt - panoramio (7), Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0

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