Port Said

Fishermen in Port Said

PortSaid (postcard around 1915)

Egypt: Site of PortSaid (top).

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

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  Port Said, Port Fuad and Suez Canal

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  Picture of a mosque in Port Said

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  Ferdinand de Lesseps monument on the tourist jetty

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  French sailors and Indian troops at Port Said in 1914

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  Postcard of the Arab quarter of Port Said

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  The office of the Suez Canal Company in Port Said built in 1893

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  French map of Port Said, c. 1914

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  Admiralty Chart of Port Said, Published 1966

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  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.

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