Port Said
بورسعيد | |
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   .jpg)  Clockwise from top: Docks of Port Said, View from the Suez Canal, Obelisk of Museum of Modern Art, Mediterranean Sea, Port Said Hotel Gardens | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: The valiant city | |
  Port Said Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°15′45″N 32°18′22″E / 31.26250°N 32.30611°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Port Said |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City-state |
| • Governor | Moheb Habashi Khalil [1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,294 km2 (500 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0−6 m (−20 ft) |
| Population (2023)[3] | |
• Total | 797,398 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| CAPMS 2023 estimate | |
| GDP | |
| • Total | EGP 190 billion (US$ 12.1 billion) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EGY) |
| Area code | +20-66 |
| Website | PortSaid.gov.eg (in Arabic) |
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Port Said (/saɪd/, Egyptian Arabic: بورسعيد, romanized: Bōrsaʿīd, pronounced [boɾsæˈʕiːd, poɾ-]) is a port city that lies in the northeast Egypt extending about 30 km (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital of the Port Said governorate and it forms the majority of the governorate, where its seven districts comprise seven of the governorate's eight regions.[5] At the beginning of 2023 had a population of 680,375 people.[3]
The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal. There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look. Port Said's twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there is hardly any town centre in Port Fuad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extends both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal.
Port Said acted as a global city since its establishment and flourished particularly during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century when it was inhabited by various nationalities and religions. Most of them were from Mediterranean countries, and they coexisted in tolerance, forming a cosmopolitan community. Referring to this fact Rudyard Kipling once said "If you truly wish to find someone you have known and who travels, there are two points on the globe you have but to sit and wait, sooner or later your man will come there: the docks of London and Port Said".[6] Port Said is an important city in Egypt for trade and business, due to its location on the coastal region.
- ^ . Port Said Governorate official website https://www.portsaid.gov.eg/CurrentGovernor.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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- ^ "About - Administrative Division". portsaid.gov.eg. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Port-Saïd : Architectures XIXe-XXe siècles