Port Said
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port Said canonical | 42 |
| City of Port Said | 1 |
| Port Said Harbor | 1 |
| Port Said metropolitan area | 1 |
| Port Said, Egypt | 1 |
| Port of Port Said | 1 |
| Seaport 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 Said
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Port Said
|
| hasTransportation |
Port Said Airport
ⓘ
highway connections to Cairo ⓘ railway connections to other Egyptian cities ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Suez Crisis
ⓘ
surface form:
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 (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Port of Port Said
this entity surface form:
Port Said, Egypt
this entity surface form:
City of Port Said
this entity surface form:
Seaport of Port Said
this entity surface form:
Port Said metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Port Said Harbor
subject surface form:
England–Australia maritime route