Suez
seaport city in Suez Governorate, Egypt
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Summary
Suez is a port city[1]. Suez draws 2,278 Wikipedia views per month (port city category, ranking #19 of 41).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Suez Governorate[3]
- Country: Egypt[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], city[6], kism[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Djibouti[8], Skopje[9]
- Commons category: Suez[10]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[11]
- Inception: 1859[12]
- Official website: http://www.suez.gov.eg/[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Suez[14]
- Commons gallery: السويس[15]
- Population: 516,959[16], 716,458[17], 699,541[18], 740,874[19], 508,578[20], 414,799[21], 265,000[22], 200,000[23], 194,000[24], 115,000[25], 49,700[26], 15,000[27], 315,000[28]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Meyer’s Universum, Vierter Band[31]
- Capital of: Suez Governorate[32]
- Category for people born here: Q9227542[33]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Suez[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Suez[35]
- Different from: Sampont[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 11 m[37]
- Area: 250.400 km²[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Suez include Suez Canal[39], a ship canal[40], in Egypt[41].
Why It Matters
Suez has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Suez is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Suez include Suez Canal[39], a ship canal[40], in Egypt[41].