Port Fuad

31°15′N 32°19′E / 31.250°N 32.317°E / 31.250; 32.317

Port Fuad
بورفؤاد
Port Fouad as seen across the Suez Canal from Port Said.
Port Fouad as seen across the Suez Canal from Port Said.
Port Fuad is located in Egypt
Port Fuad
Port Fuad
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°15′N 32°19′E / 31.250°N 32.317°E / 31.250; 32.317
Country Egypt
GovernoratePort Said
Population
 (2015)
 • Total81,591
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
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Port Fuad or Port Fouad (Arabic: بورفؤاد Borfoʾād, IPA: [boɾ.foˈʔæːd]) is a city in Port Said Governorate, Egypt.[1][2] Port Fuad is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Asian side of the Suez Canal, across from the city of Port Said. Port Fuad is considered a suburb of Port Said and together they form a metropolitan area of over one million residents. Along with the likes of Colón, Panama (North/South America) and Istanbul, Turkey (Asia/Europe), it is one of the few transcontinental cities in the world, in that spans it across two continents (Africa/Asia).

Port Fuad has a population of 81,591 (as of 2015).[3][4]

  1. ^ Shores, Louis (1963). Collier's Encyclopedia: With Bibliography and Index. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. p. 265.
  2. ^ Gellhorn, Eleanor Cowles (1965). McKay's Guide to the Middle East. McKay Company. p. 91.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference El-Bastawisy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Asof2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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