Port Fuad or Port Fouad ( ar, بورفؤاد ', ) is a city in

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. Port Fuad is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the

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on the Asian side of the Suez Canal, across from the city of Port Said. Port Fuad is considered a suburb of Port Said and together they form a metropolitan area of over one million residents. Along with the likes of Colón,

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s. Port Fuad has a population of 81,591 (as of 2015).

History

Port Fuad was established in 1926, principally to relieve overcrowding in Port Said, and was named after King Fuad I (also transliterated as ''Fouad''), the first holder of the title

King of Egypt King of Egypt () was the title used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When the United Kingdom issued the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922, thereby ending its protectorate over Egypt, Egypt's Sult ...

in the modern era (having previously held the title Sultan of Egypt). After the war of 1967 Port Fuad was the only piece of Sinai held by the Egyptians. The Israeli army tried to capture Port Fuad during the

War of Attrition The War of Attrition ( ar, حرب الاستنزاف, Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; he, מלחמת ההתשה, Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from ...

, but failed. After the October War, the Camp David Accord in 1978 Israel agreed to return Sinai to Egypt peacefully, and later the two countries signed a peace treaty. Today Port Fuad is a major Air Defence Position for Egypt. Despite its important location, as of 2006, Port Fuad was still considered a residential zone, with very few facilities and no major downtown or city center.

Geography

The city is located on Port Fuad Island, a triangular island bounded by the

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to the North, the Suez Canal to the West, and the relatively new eastern channel from the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean to the East. Lying on the eastern side of the main canal, the island is considered part of Asia. The

Suez Canal Authority Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is an Egyptian state-owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal. It was set up by the Egyptian government to replace the Suez Canal Company in the 1950s which resulted in the Suez Crisis. After th ...

forms the main employment of the city, and its employees comprise most of the population. It has one general hospital.

Transport

Until 2016 the town was accessible only by Ferry to Port Said. Three ferry lines: the "Port Fouad Ferry" and "Al-Raswa Ferry" from Port Said, and the "Tafreea Ferry" from Port Said East. In 2016 the floating bridge to Port Said was opened.

Port Said East

On the Sinai side of the canal, Port Said East is a recently launched development that contains the

Suez Canal Container Terminal Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) ( ar, شركة قناة السويس للحاويات) is a container terminal located at Port Said East and functions as a transshipment centre for the Eastern Mediterranean at the northern entrance to the Su ...

which opened in 2004. A side canal at Port Said East was opened in 2016. In November 2015, President Al-Sisi publicly launched a new harbour development project at East Port Said. In May 2018, an agreement was signed between Russia and Egypt for the development of a Russian Industrial Zone.

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