Port Said

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city seaport

Port Said is a major Egyptian port city on the Mediterranean Sea, known for its strategic location at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal and its role in maritime trade.

Aliases (1)

Port of Port Said ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → seaport →
borderedBy	Lake Manzala →
climateClassification	Köppen BWh →
connectedBy	ferry across the Suez Canal →
connectedTo	Port Fuad →
country	Egypt →
economyBasedOn	industry → port services → shipping → trade →
elevation	approximately 0 metres above sea level →
foundedIn	1859 →
governedAs	municipality →
governorateCapitalOf	Port Said Governorate →
hasCanal	Suez Canal →
hasClimate	hot desert climate →
hasFeature	duty-free zone → lighthouse → naval base →
hasIndustry	food processing → petrochemicals → textiles →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	ethnically diverse urban population →
hasPort	Port of Port Said →
hasTransportation	Port Said Airport → highway connections to Cairo → railway connections to other Egyptian cities →
historicalEvent	Suez Crisis of 1956 →
language	Arabic →
locatedAt	northern entrance of the Suez Canal →
locatedIn	Africa → Middle East → Port Said Governorate →
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea →
namedAfter	Saʿid Pasha →
near	Sinai Peninsula →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
partOf	Suez Canal Zone →
role	major Egyptian port city → maritime trade hub →
strategicImportance	control of access to the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean →
summerTimeZone	Eastern European Summer Time → UTC+3 →
timeZone	Eastern European Time → UTC+2 →
usesCurrency	Egyptian pound →
wasBombardedDuring	Suez Crisis →
wasBombardedIn	1956 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cairo–Port Said line → Egyptian National Railways network → Suez Canal →	connects
Ramses Station, Cairo →	connectsTo
Suez →	connectsToByCanal
Port Said ("Port of Port Said") →	hasPort
Suez Canal Authority →	headquartersLocation
Economy of Egypt →	keyPort
Ismailia →	locatedBetween
Suez Canal →	locatedInCity
Suez Crisis →	location
Suez Canal Company →	mainOfficeLocation
Isthmus of Suez →	nearCity
Ismailia →	roadDistanceTo
Cairo–Port Said line →	terminus