Suez

History:
- Its history goes back to the pharos ages (2562 BC – 2300 BC) as it was one of the citadels that were protecting the east desert from any invaders. These citadels were rebuilt in the Persia age.
- Suez was famous in old ages by the Chalzem as the Romans called it and then the Arab called it El-Kalzem. In the tenth century the name was changed to be the Suez governorate. Also it has a special importance as it is the first station on the Hajj trip on the sea road.
Location:
- The Suez governorate is one of the Canal governorates. It is an urban governorate consists of one city and lies north the delta and North West the Suez bay also at the south entrance to the Suez Canal.
- It is surrounded from the north the Ismaelya governorate and North Sinai governorate, from the south there is the red sea governorate and from the south the south Sinai while from the east you can find Cairo governorate and the Gizza governorate.
The National Day:
- On October, 24th, 1973 the Suez people made a public demonstration and opposition cooperation with police and army forces to defend the city from the Israeli troops and they were able to stop them from entering the city, this was during the Ramadan – October 1973 war. Since this day and October 24th is the national day to the Suez governorate.
Suez governorate consists of four main districts:
1. District forty: it is more likely to be a folk district and many inhabitant areas had been established such the Sadat, El-Obore and El-Eman areas.
2. Atikaa District: it is the industrial district in the governorate and it was one of the development projects in the north Suez bay. It includes all the industrial firms and many of the inhabitant constructions are established such as: Faisel, El-Sebh, 24 October, future and many other areas.
3. Suez District: it is the oldest district in the governorate. It includes most of the public entities, Port Tawfik harbor and the free trade area.
4. El-Genain District: it is a country side district as it contains many arable lands and it lies in the area of the martyr Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel and Mousa springs.