Port Said

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Fishermen in Port Said

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PortSaid (postcard around 1915)

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Egypt: Site of PortSaid (top).

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Port Said (Arabic بورسعيد, transliterated Būr Saʻīd) is an Egyptian city near the Suez Canal, with a population of about 500,000.

Port Said has 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 fuelling station for ships that pass through the Suez Canal.

Port Said Media

• ISS-46 Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt.jpg

  Port Said, Port Fuad and Suez Canal

• PORT-SAÏD -- De Lesseps monument (n.d.) - front - TIMEA.jpg

  PORT-SAÏD -- De Lesseps monument (n.d.) - front - TIMEA

• French sailors and Indian troops at Port Said 1914.jpg

  French sailors and Indian troops at Port Said in 1914

• Postcard of the Arab quarter of Port Said

• Port Said, The Office of the Suez Canal Company (n.d.) - front - TIMEA.jpg

  Port Said, The Office of the Suez Canal Company (n.d.) - front - TIMEA

• Map of Port Said (Baedeker, 1914).jpg

  French map of Port Said, c. 1914

• Admiralty Chart No 234 Port Said, Published 1966.jpg

  Admiralty Chart of Port Said, Published 1966

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  Ioppou

• Port Said, Egypt.jpg

  Life on the streets in downtown Port Said, a city in north of the Suez Canal. There are numerous old houses with grand balconies, giving it a distinctive look. Port Said exudes a prosperous and bustling air, particularly its historic waterfront of late 19th-century colonial buildings. Port Said, Borsaid, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt.

• PortSaid Canal 1880.jpg

  Auf die Passage des Sueskanals wartende Schiffe um 1880.

Other websites

• PortSaid Free-zone Forums Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
• PortSaid-Online,Port Said's Largest Community - All about Port Said Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Satellite picture by Google Maps