Port Said
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Arabic بور سعيد Port Said |
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 15 ′ N , 32 ° 17 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Egypt | ||
| Bur Saʿid | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | EG-PTS | ||
| height | 0 m | ||
| Residents | 749,371 (2017) | ||
| founding | 1859 | ||
| Website | www.portsaid.gov.eg | ||
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| governor | Ahmed Abdullah | ||
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| Twin cities |
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Port Said [pɔɐ̯t ˈzaɪ̯t] ( Arabic بور سعيد, Būr Saʿīd ) is a port city in northeast Egypt . It is located on the Mediterranean coast at the northern end of the Suez Canal . The western part of the city (Port Said) is in Africa, the eastern part (Port Fuad) in Asia; the Suez Canal forms the border between the continents.
Economy and Infrastructure
According to a census, 749,371 people lived in Port Said in 2017. The city has the second most important Egyptian port after Alexandria, which is around 220 kilometers to the west . It is a trading center for cotton and rice . Important industries are the chemical industry , the production of cigarettes , the salt production and fishing . The city has had the status of a free trade zone since 1976 . Port Said is an important seaside resort and port of call for international cruise ships . A new port area is being built in the Port Fuad district ( East Port Said ) on the eastern side of the Suez Canal.
Port Said Airport is located in the west of the city . There is a ferry connection between Port Said and Port Fuad. Port Said is home to the Port Said University and a national museum.
history
The city was founded in 1859 during the construction of the canal and named after the viceroy Muhammad Said . In the second half of the 19th century, the popular dance music style Bambutiyya contributed to the entertainment of seafarers and dock workers . Its main melody instrument is the lyre simsimiyya , with several drums and tin cans providing the rhythm.
In Sueskrieg (1956) and Yom Kippur War (1973) Port Said was severely damaged.
On February 1, 2012, after a football match between al Ahly Cairo and Al-Masry , serious riots broke out , killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 1,000.
Town twinning
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Daisy Campi (1893–1979), German modern painter
- Marcel Domergue (1901–?), French football player
- Mayo (1906–1990), Greco-French costume designer, film architect and painter
- Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player, 1st official correspondence chess world champion, four-time Australian national champion
- Martin M. Atalla (1924–2009), engineer and entrepreneur in the field of semiconductor technology and computer data security
- Jean-Claude D'Arménia (1940–2018), French football player and coach
- Hans Dijkstal (1943-2010), Dutch politician (VVD)
- Sam Karmann (* 1953), French actor and director
- Amr Diab (* 1961), singer, superstar in the Arab world
- Mona Eltahawy (* 1967), Egyptian-American journalist
- Mohamed Shawky (* 1981), football player in the position of midfielder
- Mohamed Zidan (* 1981), Egyptian-German soccer player; Active in the German Bundesliga until May 2012
- Hosam Bakr Abdin (* 1985), middleweight boxer
People connected to the city
- Simon Arzt (1814–1910), cigarette manufacturer in Port Said
- Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950), English writer; grew up in Port Said
- Samir Amin (1931–2018), Egyptian economist and sociologist, grew up in Port Said
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kleiner, Stefan / Knöbl, Ralf / Bibliographisches Institut Berlin. Duden editorial office: Duden - The pronunciation dictionary. Pronunciation and accentuation of over 132,000 words and names. 7th, completely revised and updated edition. Dudenverlag, Berlin, ISBN 3-411-04067-X .
- ↑ Port Said. (No longer available online.) In: World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012 ; accessed on January 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Egypt: Governments & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Fans stormed the field and cabins. In: ORF . February 1, 2012, accessed February 2, 2012 .
