Port Fuad - Port Fuad

Port Fuad as seen from Port Said
Port Fuad · ‏بور فؤاد‎
GovernoratePort Said
Residents
70.417 (2006)
height
7 m
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Port Fuad

Port Fuad, Port Fu'ad or Bur Fuʾad (also Port Fouad, Arabic:بور فؤاد‎, Būr Fuʾād, in dialect Bōr Fuʾād spoken) is one egyptian Port city in the eastern Nile Delta on the east bank of the Suez Canal, the sister city to Port Said and belongs to the governorate of the same name Port Said, but geographically already to Sinai. The former residential town of the employees of the canal company, however, is overshadowed by its sister city as a travel destination.

background

history

Port Said is quite a young city. It was made as a result of overpopulation Port Said on the east bank of the Suez Canal laid out and inaugurated on December 21, 1926. The city is named after the Egyptian king Fuʾād I. (Reign 1922 to 1936). At first it served mainly as a residential area for the employees of the canal company. The first 800 employees settled here as early as 1920.

Port operations and fishing are important industries in the city.

The city was badly damaged during the clashes with Israel in the Suez War (1956) and Yom Kippur War (1973).

In 2006 there were around 70,000 inhabitants in the city.[1]

getting there

City map of Port Fuad

The best way to get to Port Fuad is via Port Said by bus or shared taxi from Cairo or Ismailia. Port Said also has a train station with daily train connections between Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria and Port Said. Once a day there is a bus at 5 p.m. via Hurghada to Luxor. The bus in Hurghada leaves for Port Said at around 1 a.m. (due to the attacks in 2005, more and more bus controls are being carried out, which can delay the departure time).

In the street

East Delta public bus routes operate from Cairo as well as from Ismailia to Port Said around 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The travel time to and from Cairo is 3 hours, the one and a half hours from / to Ismailia. The bus station in Port Said is about 3 km outside the city center. Superjet buses also run from Cairo.

By train

Port Said can be reached by train from Cairo via Ismailia, the journey time is at least four hours. There are five trains between Cairo and Port Said and ten between Ismailia and Port Said. The train stations are in the center of all cities.

By boat

There are ferry connections to the sister city Port Said (see below).

Port Fuad has one 1 Marina(31 ° 15 ′ 31 ″ N.32 ° 19 ′ 15 ″ E) with 25 berths for yachts with a maximum length of 25 meters and a maximum draft of 3 meters. The marina is from Port Fouad Yacht Club to chat.

By plane

Port Said does have one 2 Domestic airport (PSD). Has due to low passenger numbers EgyptAir but the regular service stopped. A taxi ride to the city center costs around LE 15.

mobility

A ferry runs between Port Fuad on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal to Port Said on the western side. The 3 Ferry terminal in Port Fuad is located west of Mīdān el-Misalla (Obelisk Square), the 4 Ferry terminal in Port Said near the police station on Palestine St. The crossing is free for people and takes about ten minutes.

White and blue taxis operate in the city.

Tourist Attractions

Buildings

There is colonial building evidence from the 1930s, some of which are influenced by Art Nouveau. The mostly two-story villas had their own garden.

  • 1  Appeals court, Mīdān el-Misalla. The courthouse, which once served as a mixed court, contains elements of the mosque in the Maghreb.(31 ° 15 ′ 9 ″ N.32 ° 18 '57 "E.)

Mosques

  • 2  Great Mosque of Port Fuad (‏مسجد بورفؤاد الكبير‎, Masǧid Būr Fuʾād al-Kabīr) (31 ° 14 '52 "N.32 ° 19 ′ 4 ″ E)

shop

kitchen

There are restaurants in the neighboring town of Port Said.

nightlife

There is no night life.

accommodation

Two tourist villages belong to Port Fuad, the Sapphire Village (Arabic:قرية الياقوت‎, Qaryat al-Yāqūt) and the Emerald Village (Arabic:قرية الزمرد‎, Qaryat az-Zumurrud) with one hotel each.

Accommodation is mainly in the neighboring town of Port Said.

climate

Due to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, Port Said has a mild climate all year round. In January, temperatures reach an average of 14 ° C and in August an average of 27 ° C. From October to March, mainly in December and January, rain and storms are to be expected.

Port SaidJanFebMarchAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec  
Mean highest air temperature in ° C171819222528303029272319O23.9
Average air temperature in ° C141517202225272726242016O21.1
Mean lowest air temperature in ° C111213161922242423211813O18
Precipitation in mm1812105400038716Σ83

Learn

  • 1  Arab Academy of Sea Transport (‏الأكاديمية العربية للنقل البحري‎, al-Ikādīmīyat al-ʿarabiyat li-n-Naql al-Baḥrī) (31 ° 14 ′ 28 ″ N.32 ° 20 ′ 10 ″ E)
  • 2  Department of Commerce, Port Said University (‏كلية التجارة‎, Kulīyat at-Tiǧāra) (31 ° 14 '43 "N.32 ° 18 ′ 56 ″ E)Last change: Jul. 2017 (information may be out of date)
  • 3  Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University (‏كلية الهندسة‎, Kulīyat al-Handasa) (31 ° 14 '47 "N.32 ° 18 ′ 51 ″ E)
  • 4  Faculty of Physical Education, Port Said University (‏كلية التربية الرياضية‎, Kulīyt at-Tarbīyat ar-Riyāḍīya) (31 ° 13 ′ 3 ″ N.32 ° 18 ′ 37 ″ E)

health

Practical advice

Banks

trips

You can get there by public ferry, which leaves every few minutes Port Said, the sister city of Port Fuad, on the Sinai.Ismailia is about 50 minutes from Port Fuad.

literature

  • Crosnier-Leconte, Marie-Laure; Ghitani, Gamal; Amin, Naguib; Collet, Raymond: Port-Saïd: architectures XIXe - XIXe siècles. Le Caire: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2006, Bibliothèque générale; 26, ISBN 978-2-7247-0425-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed December 17, 2014.
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