Suez
Suez (, , , ) is a Port#Seaport, seaport city with a population of about 800,000 in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It is the capital and largest c ...
is a seaport town in north-eastern Egypt.
Suez may also refer to:
Geography
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Gulf of Suez
The Gulf of Suez (; formerly , ', "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of Aqaba. The gulf was formed within a relative ...
, at the northern end of the Red Sea
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Isthmus of Suez, land strip connecting the continents of Africa and Asia
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Suez Canal
The Suez Canal (; , ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, Indo-Mediterranean, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest ...
, an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
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Suez Port, a port located at the southern boundary of Suez Canal
Other uses
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Suez Company (1858–1997), a French corporation
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Suez (company, 1997–2008)
Suez S.A., known from 1997 to 2001 as Suez-Lyonnaise des eaux, was a leading French multinational corporation headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste man ...
, a successor French multinational corporation
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Suez (company, 2015)
Suez SA (formerly Suez Environnement) is a France, French-based Public utility, utility company which operates largely in the Water management, water and waste management sectors. The company has its head office in La Défense, Paris. , formerly Suez Environnement, a former division of the previous company
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''Suez'' (film), a 1938 epic film starring Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
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Suez Cement, an Egyptian football club based in Suez
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Suez Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Suez
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Suez SC, a sports club
See also
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Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, also known as the Second Arab–Israeli War, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Israel invaded on 29 October, having done so w ...
, a war fought in Egypt in 1956
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Suez Steel, a steel company located in Ababia, Egypt
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Suez Canal (disambiguation)
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