port Said

it’s famous harbor where ships go there from all over the world. Well if have not heard about it don not worry we will visit it now and tell you everything about it.
- Port Saeed is a compound name, the first part of the name is port which means the harbor and the word Saeed is the name of Egypt governor at this time called Mohamed Saeed Basha.
- In the international committee summit in 1855 agreed to name the new seaport that it is suggested to establish on the north of the canal “Port Saeed”. In April 25th, 1859 the Egyptian flag was raised on the harbor.
Location:
- The governorate is located in northern east Lower Egypt at the north gate of the Suez Canal and it is surrounded from the north by the Mediterranean Sea, from the south by the Manzala Lake and the Ismaelya governorate, while from the south east there is the Dakahliya and El-Sharkiya governorate. From the west there is the Domyate governorate and finally from the east it is surrounded by north Sinai. The governorate total area is about 134496 km2.
History:
- Port Saeed history has many stages such as:
From 1959 – 1902: the harbor was not prepared during this period but it was then developed to perform the international sea services.
From 1903 – 1930: an attack occurred which affected its performance.
From 1957 till now there is kind of stability and many projects were preformed and many taxes laws were issued.
- Also through port Saeed history there are many critical events such as:
The triple attack in 1956 after the nationalization of the Suez Canal and the Port Saeed people defeated the British army.
The Israeli attack in 1967which resulted to the migration the inhabitants to other governorates in 1969 and the Suez Canal was closed.
The Egyptian army victory in 1973 by crossing the Canal and the return of the people to their homes.
The Port Saeed announcement of being a free trade area in 1975 and the opening of the Suez Canal once again after it has been closed for eight years because of war.
The important occasions in the governorate:
- The victory day December 23rd.
- The reopening of the Suez Canal June 5th.
- The Canal crossing war October 6th.
- Easter celebration that are held in the streets and squares.
The industrial area in the governorate:
- Free industrial area.
- The industrial area that is located in the northern the bifurcation and south Port Fouad.
- C9 industrial area.
- Projects east the bifurcation.
- Industrial area south the governorate.
- Internal investment.
- C8, C6 and C1 industrial areas.
The Important National Industries:
- Building ships in the port Fouad shipyard.
- Spin and textile industry in the port Saeed spin company.
- Artificial fabrics, ropes and bags industry in the rope companies.
- Liquidized gases industries.
- Ice and storing industries.
The important Investment Industries:
- Metal and Engineering industries.
- Aluminum doors and windows production.
- Marble industry.
- Clothes and shoes industries.
- Candy industries.
- Sun heaters production.
- Cleaners and chemical industries.