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Port Said
Port Said, Egypt · Africa
About Port Said
Port Said sits on the route: 30 minutes from Al Maţarīyah.
Port Said is in Egypt, with about 780,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Al Maţarīyah, about 27 km away.
Port Said ( sah-EED, Egyptian Arabic: بورسعيد, romanized: Bōrsaʿīd, pronounced [boɾsæˈʕiːd, poɾ-]) is a port city that lies in northeast Egypt extending about 30 km (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital of the PortRead more
Said Governorate and forms the majority of the governorate, comprising seven of the governorate's eight administrative regions. In 2024, it had a population of 790,000 people.
The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal. There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look. Port Said's twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there is hardly any town centre in Port Fuad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extends both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal.
Port Said has acted as a global city since its establishment, flourishing particularly during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. It was inhabited by various nationalities and religions, mostly from Mediterranean countries, and they coexisted in tolerance, forming a cosmopolitan community. Referring to this fact, Rudyard Kipling once said, "If you truly wish to find someone you have known and who travels, there are two points on the globe you have but to sit and wait, sooner or later your man will come there: the docks of London and Port Said". Port Said is an important city in Egypt for trade and business due to its location on the Suez Canal and Mediterranean coast.
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Port Said is in Port Said, Egypt, about 27 km from Al Maţarīyah.
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- Population
- 780,515
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Port Said
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 31.2653, 32.3019
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