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	Port Said - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Port Said (31.25° N 32.29° EArabic بور سعيد, transliterated Būr Saʻīd) is a northeastern Egyptian city near the Suez Canal, with an approx.
		Port Said's twin city is Port Fouad, which lies on the eastern side of the canal.
		Well, Port Said was designated to receive the gift of what is now known as the Statue of Liberty, then called "The Light Of Asia." When the current government decided that it was too costly of a project, "The Light of Asia" was shipped to New York City where it became an American landmark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Said,_Egypt (247 words)

	AllRefer.com - Port Said, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		This resulted in a lack of food for the sardines that were the basis of the Port Said fishing industry, which has since virtually disappeared.
		Situated on a narrow peninsula between Lake Manzala and the sea, Port Said was founded in 1859 by the builders of the Suez Canal and named for Said Pasha, then khedive of Egypt.
		Port Said came under Israeli attack during the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PortSaid.html (351 words)

	Egyptvoyager.com: Towns - Port Said, Egypt
		Port Said is the fourth largest city in Egypt and and is the second most important port after Alexandria.
		Port Said was built in 1859 as part of the Suez Canal project, a shortcut for vessels coming from the Atlantic ocean to the Mediterranean sea, and also linking it to the Red sea and the Indian Ocean.
		Port Said was caught in the middle of the Arab-Israeli war, especially between 1956 and 1967.
	www.egyptvoyager.com /towns_portsaid.htm (398 words)

	PORT SAID - LoveToKnow Article on PORT SAID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		, a seaport of Egypt, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, in 31 I 5 35 N., 32 19 20 E., and 145 m.
		It lies on the western side of the canal on the low, narrow, treeless and desolate strip of land which separates the Mediterranean from Lake Menzala, the land at this point being raised and its area increased by the draining of part of the lake and by the excavation of the inner harbour.
		The port possesses a floating dock 295 ft. long, 85 ft. broad and iS it.
	79.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORT_SAID.htm (411 words)

	Egypt's Canal Zone - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Egypt's Canal Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Port Said, the Egyptian port at the N entrance to the Suez Canal, c.
		Artificial waterway from Port Said to Suez, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas; 160 km/100 mi long and with a minimum width of 60 m/197 ft. The canal was built at sea level, with no locks, and can accommodate vessels of up to 150,000 tons.
		The Damietta port complex on the Mediterranean at the mouth of the canal was inaugurated in 1986.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Egypt%27s+Canal+Zone (384 words)

	Port Said
		Port Said in Egypt is geographically isolated, situated on a low, sandy ground west of the Suez Canal and east of Lake Manzila.
		The city of Port Said is on the west side of the harbor, and the large suburb of Port Fouard is on the east side.
		Port Said port was founded at the time of digging the Suez Canal in 1869, aiming at offering services to the ship that cross the canal and to handle its goods and passengers.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/port-said.htm (854 words)

	Travel in Port Said - Egypt - Middle East - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Pronounced as sid or sad, Port Said is a city in north-eastern Egypt, a port on the Mediterranean Sea, at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
		The city was named after Said Pasha, the khedive of Egypt and is built on low, sandy ground between Lake Manzilah and the Mediterranean Sea.
		Port Said was established in 1859, when work on the Suez Canal began.
	www.mideasttravelling.net /egypt/port_said/port_said_history.htm (350 words)

	Travel in Port Said - Egypt - Middle East - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		The Museum of Modern Art in Ports Said is in Shohada Square, and features the Modern History of Port Said by Egyptian artists.
		Tourism is being particularly developed in Port Said: Mediterranean cruises regularly call at Port Said; there are many hotels of various categories in town, and even tourist villages.
		Port Fouad is a quiet residential zone, distinct because of its expanses of green surfaces.
	www.mideasttravelling.net /egypt/port_said/port_said_culture.htm (356 words)

	Port Said
		Most of Port Said is little to attract the traveller, but certain quarters in the centre has European style 19th century architecture, coming with full wooden balconies and high verandas.
		Out of sights near Port Said, the northern end of the Suez Canal is a place where many visitors can find hours of entertainment, simply by watching ships pass in and out.
		Port Said even got a couple of museums that are well worth the visit, the National Musuem and the Military Museum.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/portsaid.htm (218 words)

	Amazon.com: Port Said Revisited: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		A panoramic view of Port Said emerges from the blending of a childhood memoir of the 1930s with an appreciation of this well-known but ill-understood global city at the north head of the Suez Canal.
		The genesis of Port Said is intimately bound with that of the canal by which it stands.
		Sylvia Modelski describes how her family came to settle in Port Said, her school life, her vacations, her family life, the town of Port Said itself, the main ethnic groups and nationalities that lived in Port Said, her contact with Egyptians, and life in the Jewish community.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0967623006?v=glance (819 words)

	Sonesta Hotels & Resorts Egypt — Cairo, Port Said, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh
		Located at the northeast corner of Africa, the Sonesta Hotel Port Said stands between the vibrant activity of the Suez Canal and the calm beauty of the Mediterranean Sea.
		Port Said is a popular meeting place for business professionals and is well known for its duty-free shopping.
		First-class comfort and traditional Egyptian hospitality are the hallmarks of Sonesta Hotel Port Said.
	www.sonesta.com /egypt_portsaid (137 words)

	Egypt, Port Said & Cairo
		We were fortunate enough to be able to sail more than half the distance, arriving at our rendezvous point off Port Said at 0520 next day where we waited until all boats were accounted for, then we proceeded in line into port.
		Tutankhamen was actually one of the lesser rulers in ancient Egypt, but the discovery of his tomb, intact, in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings north of Luxor was a great archeological find.
		They would be leaving the rally, Michael and his crew Hawthorne heading straight back from Port Said to Kemer where they were to leave the boat, and Britta flying direct from Cairo to Canada to undergo major surgery.
	www.searoom.com /veleda/logsec03/veleda4-log25N.htm (2206 words)

	Rafimar - Shipping in Egypt - Ports and Suez canal transit information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Among the most important ports are Alexandria which is the biggest port in Egypt, Dekheila Port which is a natural extend to Alexandria Port.
		Damietta Port which has the largest container terminal and most sophisticated equipments in the Middle East, and ports Said and Suez at both ends of the Suez canal.
		It is historically recorded in 1874 B.C., Egypt was the first country to dig a man-made canal across its lands to link the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea via the Nile River and its branches.
	www.rafimar.com /ports.html (178 words)

	Portsaid port home page / Description, facilities and port dues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Port Said port lies to the northern entrance of the Suez Canal.
		It is considered one of the most important Egyptian ports due to its distinctive location on the entrance of the most significant waterway in the world (The Suez Canal) and in the middle of the biggest merchant shipping line between Europe and the east.
		It is moreover the biggest transit port in the world.
	www.rafimar.com /portsaid.html (307 words)

	Port Said
		Tennis - Tennis or Tinnis, medieval city of Egypt, on an island in Lake Manzala, southwest of modern Port...
		The government is said to be "preparing to approve investment" in the form of bonds for a four-year, $US 206 million project to build a railway line from Yen Vien on the outskirts of Hanoi to the northeastern port of Cai Lan.(Vietnam) (International Railway Journal)
		Suez canal, 8 km south of Port Said.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0839839.html (537 words)

	Port Said News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Port said it had investigated the report of the sand bar several hundred yards upstream from its mouth and at a junction with a secondary drainage channel.
		PORT SAID: The coastal city entrance point to the Suez Canal was a focal point of Wafd and Ghad party campaigning in the lead up to the vote.
		Port said Neil senior, who was waiting for a sex-change operation, turned "nasty" when he went to confront his ex-wife over her claim he was a "pervert in...
	news.daylightonline.com /2005-03/Port_Said.html (5952 words)

	Egypt Daily News, Egypt News
		Egypt's cellular market is currently experiencing unprecedented growth, a phenomenon that BIS Shrapnel forecasts will result in the number of mobile subscribers in Egypt reaching 21.1 million by the end of 2008.
		Egypt’s administrative judicial court yesterday annulled parliamentary polls convened in four electoral districts in the greater Cairo area and ordered new polls in these areas.
		Egypt's beleaguered Christian Coptic minority is to launch its own satellite television this month, but even some Copts fear the church's patronage of the channel will fan sectarian strife.
	www.egyptdailynews.com (1791 words)

	Flowers Port Said - Florist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		We use FTD Port Said florists and Interflora Port Said florists, so we can guarantee the freshness of your floral gifts.
		All the flower deliveries in Port Said are designed by professional Port Said local florist, that are part of our own network since 1992.
		Sending flowers in Port Said, now is very easy.
	www.abcflora.com /continents/africa/egypt/portsaid.htm (231 words)

	7 day Cruises to Egypt, Turkey, Greek islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Enjoy a drive from the Venetian lion-guarded port of Heraklion town to Knossos (approximately 30 minutes), once the capital city of the prehistoric Minoan civilization, and thought to be the basis for the original Labyrinth housing the mythological Minotaur.
		Lying northwest of the Nile Delta, Alexandria is the largest port in the Arab Republic of Egypt, one of the major summer resorts on the Mediterranean Sea.
		Depart from the port of Scala and enjoy a short journey to the Chora main village, where the Monastery of St. John is built within the walls of a strong fortification.
	www.cruisesingreece.com /7egypt-turkey-greekislands-excursions.htm (4137 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Economy \| Afloat on natural gas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Egypt's petrochemical industry currently generates $7 billion in annual revenues, according to the Ministry of Petroleum's statistics.
		Echem was established by the Ministry of Petroleum with a mandate to overhaul the petrochemical industry in Egypt.
		A new plant is to be built on 90 acres of land at Port Said with a capacity to produce 350,000 tonnes of polypropylene annually.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/726/ec2.htm (719 words)

	Palin's Travels: Port Said, Egypt, Pole to Pole, Day 52
		Every single item on their lists is checked and double-checked, and in some cases triple-checked, during which time they are not allowed beyond the gates of the port.
		Port Said is a duty-free zone, and they cannot believe that we are not here to take advantage of this.
		The day's filming is wrecked by the long wait in Customs and for the crew the last straw is that all the restaurants in Port Said are dry, the work of a zealously Islamic mayor.
	www.palinstravels.co.uk /book-1096 (342 words)

	Port Said, Egypt, Pictures
		Port Said, city in northeastern Egypt, a port on the Mediterranean Sea, at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
		The principal occupations in Port Said include fishing and the manufacture of chemicals, processed food, and cigarettes.
		It also has a large export trade, notably in cotton and rice, and is a fueling station for ships traveling the canal route.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Egypt/Port_Said_city.html (136 words)

	Cruises from Cyprus to Egypt
		Enjoy a rich palette of international and Cyprus cuisine in the luxurious dining rooms, relax with cocktail and music throughout the evening in one of the vessels bar, or if live shows and cabaret are more your scene, visit the lounges where you will be entertained all night.
		The highlight of your tour will be a visit to Egypt's greatest monument and the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.
		From Port Said we drive through the cultivated desert to Cairo home to 18 million people and the largest city on the African continent Our first stop is the Giza Plateau, where the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World, The Great Pyramids of Giza are found.
	www.cruises-cyprus.com /egypt.html (674 words)

	2 Day Cruise To Egypt From Cyprus, 2 day cruise to egypt from cyprus resources
		The history of Egypt is the longest continuous history, as a unified state, of any country in the world.
		Mulids are held to celebrate the saint of a particular mosque, and is related to the Sufi zikr ritual.
		Two day Egypt Cruise from Cyprus.Information about the cruise itself,the boat and what will you be able to visit while you will be there such as the pyramids and other archeological sites.
	www.egyptuk.co.uk /2daycruisetoegyptfromcyprus.html (1964 words)

	Cutter Suction Dredge, dredge equipment, dredges, the word for dredge is Ellicott
		A dredging project was awarded to the Egyptian company, Arab Contractors, to dredge in a nearby lake on the south side of Port Said.
		The purpose of the contract was to reclaim land for new infrastructure, expanding the land base of the port.
		The dredge was originally furnished from Ellicott through their representative in Egypt, Sadco Engineering Works, Cairo.
	www.dredge.com /casestudies/portsaid.htm (217 words)

	PORT SAID REVISITED
		Portrait of Port Said, a Mediterranean city, experienced by the author in its cosmopolitan heyday, and put in the context of its 19th century origins, and its ancient physical setting.
		"My tribute to Port Said (Egypt) was born out of a warm sentiment for a town that no longer exists as I knew it.
		Ten years later, upon completion of the waterway, Port Said was the scene of the opening ceremony that rated as the 'party of the century' and for which Verdi's 'Aida' was commissioned.
	members.aol.com /faros2000/myhomepage/business.html (267 words)

	PORT SAID - Online Information article about PORT SAID
		PORT SAID - Online Information article about PORT SAID
		isthmus of Suez nearest to deep water, and off the spot where Port Said now stands there was found a See also:
		annual value of the trade of the port for the five years 1902—1906 was £2,410,000.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /POL_PRE/PORT_SAID.html (792 words)

	The Hindu : National : Back after "reinforcing bridges of friendship"
		The second race was a tough one in the rough waters of the North Sea.
		Commander Asthana said the International Fleet Review at Portsmouth where 135 warships and 35 sail ships participated was one of the best events.
		The event was organised by the Royal Navy and International Festival of the Sea to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
	www.hindu.com /2005/11/09/stories/2005110905612200.htm (443 words)

	Port Said -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Port Said -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Port Said is a northeastern (A native or inhabitant of Egypt) Egyptian city near the (A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea) Suez Canal, with an approx.
		Port Said also thrives on being a (additional info and facts about duty-free) duty-free port, as well as a summer resort for Egyptians.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/port_said.htm (189 words)

	Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines \| Excursions \| Port Said, Egypt
		Below is a list of shore excursions available for Port Said, Egypt.
		Please note that shore tours do not operate at the final disembarkation port for all fly-cruises, and home ports in the UK.
		Any known revisions/omissions will be advised to you on the booking form which will be sent to you in your cruise ticket wallet.
	www.fredolsencruises.co.uk /fredolsen/process/shoretours/index/portCode=PORS.html (265 words)

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