Suez

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Suez is an Egyptian port city on the northern end of the Gulf of Suez, serving as a key gateway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Port of Suez 2
Sea of Reeds 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
port city
administrativeStatus city within Suez Governorate
climate hot desert climate
connectedByHighwayTo Ain Sokhna
Cairo
connectsToByCanal Port Said
country Egypt
countryCode EG
directionFromCairo east
distanceToCairo_km approximately 120
economyBasedOn petroleum industries
port services
shipping
governorateCapitalOf Suez Governorate
hasFunction commercial shipping hub
naval base area
oil transport hub
hasHarborType seaport
hasNearbyIndustrialZone Suez industrial areas
hasPort Suez self-linksurface differs
surface form: Port of Suez
hasTransportInfrastructure highways
port facilities
rail connections
historicalEvent Suez Crisis
surface form: Suez Crisis (1956) affected the region
isTerminusOf Suez Canal (southern terminus)
locatedIn Africa
Middle East
Suez Governorate
locatedNear Red Sea
Suez Canal
locatedOn Gulf of Suez
locatedOnIsthmus Isthmus of Suez
locatedOnSideOfCanal southern entrance
locatedOnWaterway Suez Canal
nearbyGeographicFeature Gulf of Suez oil fields
Sinai Peninsula
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Suez Canal Zone
primaryReligion Islam
role gateway between Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
seaAccess Red Sea
strategicImportance major maritime trade route node
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Sea of Reeds
Suez hasPort Suez self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Port of Suez
this entity surface form: Port of Suez
Ismailia locatedBetween Suez
Annabella notableWork Suez
Ismailia roadDistanceTo Suez