Suez Canal

E8943

artificial waterway canal shipping route

The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Suez Canal canonical	74
Egyptian canal between Nile and Red Sea	1
New Suez Canal	1
New Suez Canal project	1
Nile–Red Sea canal	1
Northern entrance of the Suez Canal	1
Red Sea trade routes	1
Red Sea via Suez	1
Suez	1
Suez Canal northern entrance	1
Suez Canal obstruction	1
Suez Canal route	1
Suez Canal should never be subjected to blockade	1
Suez Canal should not be subject to any act having for its object to obstruct free navigation	1
Suez Canal system	1
Suez Canal, Egypt	1
قناة السويس	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial waterway ⓘ canal ⓘ shipping route ⓘ
annualTraffic	one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world ⓘ
blockageDate	2021-03-23 ⓘ
blockageDuration	about six days ⓘ
blockedBy	Ever Given ⓘ
bypasses	Cape of Good Hope route ⓘ
chiefEngineer	Ferdinand de Lesseps ⓘ
closedDuring	Six-Day War ⓘ Suez Crisis ⓘ
connects	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Port Said ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ surface form: Suez
constructedBy	Suez Canal Company ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1869 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1859 ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
expansionOpeningDate	2015-08-06 ⓘ
expansionPurpose	increase capacity ⓘ reduce waiting time ⓘ
hasExpansion	Suez Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Suez Canal
hasNoLocks	true ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1869-11-17 ⓘ
length	about 120 miles ⓘ about 193 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ
locatedInCity	Ismailia ⓘ Port Said ⓘ Suez ⓘ
maximumDraft	about 20.1 m ⓘ
maximumShipBeam	about 77.5 m ⓘ
nationalizationDate	1956-07-26 ⓘ
nationalizedBy	Gamal Abdel Nasser ⓘ
notableIncident	Ever Given grounding in 2021 ⓘ
openedBy	Ismail Pasha ⓘ
operator	Suez Canal Authority ⓘ
ownedBy	Egypt ⓘ
partOf	Isthmus of Suez ⓘ
percentageOfWorldTrade	significant share of global maritime trade ⓘ
primaryUse	maritime trade ⓘ oil transport ⓘ
relatedEvent	Suez Crisis ⓘ
reopenedDate	1975 ⓘ
strategicImportance	major route between Europe and Asia ⓘ
waterSource	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

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

Eastern Mediterranean → connectedTo → Suez Canal ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → hasInflow → Suez Canal ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → connectedBy → Suez Canal ⓘ

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → strategicFor → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea trade routes

Middle East → crossedBy → Suez Canal ⓘ

Egyptian National Railways network → connects → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suez

Suez Canal → hasExpansion → Suez Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Suez Canal

Suez Crisis → location → Suez Canal ⓘ

Gulf of Aden → connectsToVia → Suez Canal ⓘ

Gulf of Aden → linkedWaterway → Suez Canal ⓘ

Economy of Egypt → keyInfrastructure → Suez Canal ⓘ

Cairo–Suez line → connectsTo → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea via Suez

War of Attrition → location → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Canal security forces → operatesIn → Suez Canal ⓘ

Egyptian Navy → operatesIn → Suez Canal ⓘ

Gulf of Suez → southernEntranceOf → Suez Canal ⓘ

Gulf of Suez → connectsTo → Suez Canal ⓘ

Port Said → hasCanal → Suez Canal ⓘ

Isthmus of Suez → hasCanal → Suez Canal ⓘ

Isthmus of Suez → traversedBy → Suez Canal ⓘ

Darius I of Persia → notableProject → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian canal between Nile and Red Sea

Ferdinand de Lesseps → notableWork → Suez Canal ⓘ

Ever Given → notableEvent → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suez Canal obstruction

Ever Given → groundingLocation → Suez Canal ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → hasStrategicLocation → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Canal Authority → operates → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Canal Authority → manages → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Canal Authority → maintains → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Canal Authority → significantEvent → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Suez Canal project

Suez Canal Authority → locatedOnWaterway → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez → locatedNear → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez → locatedOnWaterway → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Canal Company → operatedCanal → Suez Canal ⓘ

Tripartite Aggression → location → Suez Canal ⓘ

Ismailia → locatedOnWaterbody → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Governorate → locatedAtSouthernEndOf → Suez Canal ⓘ

Suez Governorate → hasTransportInfrastructure → Suez Canal ⓘ

British occupation of Egypt → hasMainSubject → Suez Canal ⓘ

Israeli occupation of Sinai Peninsula → relatedTo → Suez Canal ⓘ

Britain–India → keyInfrastructure → Suez Canal ⓘ

Necho II → canalProject → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile–Red Sea canal

Suez Canal front → borderedBy → Suez Canal ⓘ

Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route → includes → Suez Canal ⓘ

Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route → hasKeyChokepoint → Suez Canal ⓘ

باب المندب → يتصل عبر الشمال بـ → Suez Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: قناة السويس

Operation Priha → location → Suez Canal ⓘ

Middle East and Africa → hasStrategicWaterway → Suez Canal ⓘ

Egyptian territorial waters → relatedConcept → Suez Canal ⓘ

Khedivate of Egypt → associatedWithInfrastructure → Suez Canal ⓘ

Ismailia Governorate → locatedOn → Suez Canal ⓘ