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{{Short description|City in Egypt}} {{About|the city in Egypt}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| name = Suez | other_name = | native_name = {{lang|ar|السويس}} | nickname = | settlement_type = [[List of cities and towns in Egypt|City]] | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = EG-suez-20-bg-suez.jpg | photo2a = EG-suez-06-bg-bruecke.jpg | photo2b = مدينة السويس.jpg | photo3a = Suez Canal Stadium.png | size = 275 | spacing = 2 | color = transparent | border = 0 h }} | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Suez Governorate.svg | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = Iss016e019375.jpg | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Satellite view of the port and city, the southern terminus of the [[Suez Canal]] that transits through Egypt and [[debouch]]es into the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said. (Up is north-east). | pushpin_map = Egypt#Lower Egypt#Africa | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Egypt <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Egypt]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Egypt|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Suez Governorate|Suez]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Abdel-mageed Saqr | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1859 <!-- Area --------------------->| area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation">{{cite web |title=Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/egypt/cities/?cityid=577 |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 9,002 | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation" /> | population_note = | population_total = 801,894 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = auto | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_sq_mi = auto | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = auto | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = auto | demographics_type1 = GDP | demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{citation|title=GDP BY GOVERNORATE|url=https://mped.gov.eg/Governorate?lang=en|website=mped.gov.eg}}</ref> | demographics1_title1 = Total | demographics1_info1 = [[Egyptian pound|EGP]] 119 billion<br />([[US$]] 7.6 billion) | timezone = [[Egypt Standard Time|EGY]] | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|29|58|N|32|33|E|region:EG|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="citypopulation" /> | elevation_m = 11 | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = 43511 | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = [http://www.suez.gov.eg/ Suez.gov.eg] | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Suez''' ({{IPA-cen|UK|ˈ|s|uː|ɪ|z}}, {{IPA-cen|US|ˌ|s|uː|ˈ|ɛ|z}},<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref> {{langx|arz|السويس|as-Suways}}, {{IPA|arz|esseˈweːs|pron}}) is a [[Port#Seaport|seaport city]] with a population of about 800,000 {{as of|2021|8|lc=y}} 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 city of the [[Suez Governorate]]. It has three ports: the [[Suez Port]] (Port Tewfik), al-Adabiya,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sczone.eg/services/al-adabiya-port/ | title=Al Adabiya port – SCZONE }}</ref> and al-Zaytiya,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rspa.gov.eg/port-zytyat.html | title=الهيئة العامة لموانئ البحر الأحمر || الموقع الرسمي }}</ref> and extensive port facilities. Together, the three cities form the Suez [[metropolitan area]], located mostly in [[Africa]] with a small portion in [[Asia]]. {{Coord|29|58|N|32|33|E|region:EG_type:city|display=title}}Railway lines and highways connect the city with [[Cairo]], [[Port Said]], and [[Ismailia]]. Suez has a petrochemical plant, and its oil refineries have pipelines carrying the finished product to Cairo. These are represented in the flag of the governorate: the blue background refers to the sea, the gear refers to Suez's status as an industrial governorate, and the flame refers to the petroleum firms of Suez. The modern city of Suez is a successor of the ancient city of [[Clysma]], a major Red Sea port and a center of monasticism.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mayerson|first=Philip|title=The Port of Clysma (Suez) in Transition from Roman to Arab Rule|journal=Journal of Near Eastern Studies|year=1996|volume=55|issue=2|pages=119–126|doi=10.1086/373802|jstor=546035|s2cid=163029985}}</ref>
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