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Port Said

Administration
Full namePort Said
Native nameبورسعيد Būr Saʻīd
Other nameبورسعيد Būr Saʻīd (Standard Arabic)
CountryEgypt
GovernoratePort Said Governorate
Geography
Total Area521.5 sq mi (1351.1 km2)
Demography
Total Population603787 (2010)
Density (pop.)457 persons / km 2/km2 (1183.6/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneEST (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)+3 (UTC)
Area code++66

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Port Said (Arabic بورسعيد transliterated ) is a city in north-east Egypt, near the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010). The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal.

The economic base of Port Said is fishing and industries, like chemicals, processed food, and cigarettes. Port Said is also an important harbour both for exports of Egyptian products like cotton and rice, but also a fueling station for ships that pass through the Suez Canal. Port Said also thrives on being a duty-free port, as well as a summer resort for Egyptians.

There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look. Port Said's twin city is Port Fouad, which lies on the eastern side of the canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there hardly is any town centre in Port Fouad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents.

In addition to its port, the city is served by Port Said Airport.

Both in the Suez Crisis (1956) and in the Yom Kippur War (1973) Port Said was heavily demolished.

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Crowley expanding at Port Everglades - Bizjournals.com Tweet this news
Bizjournals.com--Crowley, the biggest shipper at the port, will grow its terminal from 68.2 to 80 acres, the -port said- in a news release. Crowley's economic impact through ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:10:50 GMT+00:00
Port Posts Strong Cargo Numbers In November - LBPOST.com Tweet this news
LBPOST.com--The Port moved 558307 twenty-foot equivalent container units in November. That's up from to 448151 TEUs in November 2009, the -port said-. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:24:37 GMT+00:00
'Port may lose cargo deals in 5 years' - Express Buzz Tweet this news
Express Buzz--P Ravichandran, who regularly exports granites through the -port-, -said-, “Due to sudden strikes in Chennai, we are not able to meet our commitments made to ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:02:17 GMT+00:00
Sri Lanka hot for port development - Port Strategy Tweet this news
Port Strategy--Concerns about China's involvement in the -port- sector were also waved away. “We are developing several other ports and expanding Colombo -port-,” -said- Prof ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:55:51 GMT+00:00
Charleston is 'port of the Upstate' - Greenville News Tweet this news
Greenville News--The -port-, Wilkerson -said-, “can be an engine that creates tremendous numbers of jobs” for South Carolina. “What we all need to do is, without throwing stones ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:34:26 GMT+00:00
DeSoto High School basketball player attacks ref - WZVN-TV Tweet this news
WZVN-TV--"It reflects in a negative way - on the school, the school district, the country and that's why we take it extremely seriously," Cline -said-. -Port- Charlotte ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:34:40 GMT+00:00
$45M Port Authority bailout OK'd by panel - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Tweet this news
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review--We just flexed them," Camp -said-. Gov. Ed Rendell, who proposed using the money Dec. 2, -said- he expected the -Port- Authority to use the money to get through ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:13:30 GMT+00:00
Paradip Port sets record in manual iron ore handling - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--The previous record was 34100 tonnes of iron ore, which was loaded to a vessel in the -port- Dec 22, 2009, he -said-. Paradip in Paradip in Jagatsinghpur ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:03:18 GMT+00:00
SPORTS: Port Angeles girls stay unbeaten with win over Port Townsend; other ... - Peninsula Daily Tweet this news
Peninsula Daily--"We played well," -said Port- Angeles coach Mike Knowles, whose team hasn't lost a league game since '09. "We shot the ball really well [nine 3s on the game]. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:41:34 GMT+00:00
Accidents linked to bad weather kill 18 in Egypt - Reuters Africa Tweet this news
Reuters Africa---...- on Monday to reopen eight ports on the Red Sea after relative improvement in weather conditions, Salah Hesham of the Red Sea -Port- Authority -said-. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:53:31 GMT+00:00



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