Thanks to its strategic natural location, Port Said is one of the main known aspects of Egypt. The city has a wide spread fame in all over the world, despite its recent appearance on the World Map, some 150 years. Its birth is linked with digging of Suez Canal on April 25th, in 1859. Port Said has an outstanding and strategic location - a coastal Island linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, at the Northern entrance of Suez Canal. Thanks to this location, Port Said plays a key role in International trade, and Middle East-based trade in particular.

The foundation of Port Said Port is linked with Suez Canal history, on 25th April, 1859. The port occupies a strategic natural location - the meeting points of three countries. It connects the world marine routes and short cut the marine routs around the world thanks to Suez Canal bypass. The Port Said Port has been modernized to cope with modern international trade and improve its efficiency and storage capacity, particularly containers and goods handling. At the other side of the port, there are fishing harbour, Port Said Old light tower, which was founded in 1868, and is considered one of the tourism locations in the City; tourism terminal walkway, Cruise ships berth, and Suez Canal authority building. At the Eastern side, there are Port Said Maritime Dockyard for ship building, Floating repair yard, and ship making yards. All these supporting bodies are affiliates of Suez Canal Authority.

Area: Port said Governorate is 1344.96km

Population: 514387

National Industries:
Dockyard (ship building) Port Fouad / Knitting and Texture industry (Protex) Fiber Industry, towing cords, Cord and packing Liquefied Gas Industries. Ice and refrigeration industry storage and salt fabrication.

Climate:
Port Said weather is fine, moderate, all the year round. Temperature : 30° in Summer and 18° in Winter.

Tourism attraction:
Nice weather all the year round. A beach with length of 30km, grade fine sands free, surrounds the City from the Northern boundaries. On the side of the City, all Manzala Lake extends alongside the city. It has nice natural scenes, fish, and birds. The sweet weather of El Manzala lake meets the salty water of Mediterranean at Al Jamil Bridge. This point attracts those who want to enjoy photos and fishing. Other tourism aspect is Tannis Island, 9 km, south of Port said and Ibn Salam Island, 22 km, South. Port Said name has historical significance: Said - the Ruler of Egypt at that time - 1855.The root of the name goes back to International Committee composed of England, France, Russia, Austria, and Spain, who adopted this name to the City, in praise of M. Said, Egyptian Ruler, who granted De Lesseps the Concession to dig the cannel.

Monumental areas: Al Bolozyoum Al Farma Area Al Tannis area