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Suez
Suez, Egypt · Africa
About Suez
Suez sits on the route: 50 minutes from Fāyīd.
Suez is in Egypt, with about 700,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fāyīd, about 43 km away.
Suez is a seaport city in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital and largest city of the Suez Governorate. The modern city of Suez is a successor of the ancient Egyptian city of Clysma, a major Red SeaRead more
port and a center of monasticism.
Railway lines and highways connect the city with Cairo, Port Said, and Ismailia. Suez has a petrochemical plant, and its oil refineries have pipelines carrying the finished product to Cairo. These are represented in the flag of the governorate: the blue background refers to the sea, the gear refers to Suez's status as an industrial governorate, and the flame refers to the petroleum firms of Suez. The city has three ports: the Suez Port (Port Tewfik), al-Adabiya, and al-Zaytiya, and extensive port facilities. Together, the three cities form the Suez metropolitan area, located mostly in Africa with a small portion in Asia.
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Suez is in Suez, Egypt, about 43 km from Fāyīd.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 699,541
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Suez
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 29.9737, 32.5263
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