Suez Canal Company

E51708
canal operating company joint-stock company

The Suez Canal Company was the French-led corporation that financed, built, and initially operated the Suez Canal in Egypt during the 19th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Suez Canal Company canonical 3
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez 2
Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal operating company ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Suez Canal Company ⓘ
surface form: Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez
boardDominatedBy French directors ⓘ
canalOpeningDate 1869-11-17 ⓘ
concessionCountry Egypt ⓘ
concessionExtended 1866 ⓘ
concessionGrantedBy Saʿid Pasha ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad Saʿid Pasha
concessionPlannedEnd 1968 ⓘ
concessionStart 1854 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1962 ⓘ
employedWorkersFrom Egypt ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
foundedBy Ferdinand de Lesseps ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
inception 1858 ⓘ
industry maritime transport ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
keyRoleIn expansion of European imperial influence in Egypt ⓘ
legalForm concessionary company ⓘ
locationCountry Egypt ⓘ
mainConstructionPeriod 1859–1869 ⓘ
mainOfficeLocation Ismailia ⓘ
Port Said ⓘ
Suez ⓘ
majorShareholder Egyptian government ⓘ
Government of France ⓘ
surface form: French government

French private investors ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom government
nationalizationDate 1956-07-26 ⓘ
nationalizationLeader Gamal Abdel Nasser ⓘ
nationalizedBy Egypt ⓘ
openedBy Ismail Pasha ⓘ
surface form: Ismaʿil Pasha
operatedCanal Suez Canal ⓘ
operatingPeriod 1859–1956 ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
regulatedBy Constantinople Convention of 1888 ⓘ
revenueSource tolls on shipping ⓘ
sharePurchaseBuyer Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
sharePurchaseByUK 1875 ⓘ
sharePurchaseFrom Ismail Pasha ⓘ
surface form: Ismaʿil Pasha
strategicImportance shortest sea route between Europe and Asia ⓘ
subjectOf Suez Crisis ⓘ
international political disputes ⓘ
successor Suez Canal Authority ⓘ
usedLaborSystem corvée labor in early years ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Suez Canal → constructedBy → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
Suez Crisis → involvesOrganization → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
Suez Canal Authority → precededBy → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez
Suez Canal Company → alsoKnownAs → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez
Constantinople Convention of 1888 → relatedTo → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
Hay’at Qanāt as-Suways → replaced → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez