Editing Port Said (section)

=== Revolution, end of British occupation (1946–present) ===
Following [[World War II]], Egypt denounced the [[Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936]], leading to skirmishes with British troops guarding the [[Suez Canal]] in 1951.

The [[Egyptian Revolution of 1952]] occurred. Then on 26 July 1956, President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] nationalised the Suez Canal Company. The nationalisation escalated tensions with Britain and France, who colluded with Israel to invade Egypt, the invasion known in Egypt as the tripartite aggression or the [[Suez Crisis]]. On 6 November 1956, British troops [[Timeline of the Suez Crisis#Royal Marines come ashore at Port Said|violently landed in Port Said]] while firing on the Egyptian military. Port Said next was bombed by the British, to terrorise the civilians, of whom hundreds died. There was also heavy fighting in the streets with again many civilian casualties, and the resulting fires destroyed much of the city.

The withdrawal of the last soldier of foreign troops was on 23 December 1956.<ref>{{cite news |title=On This Day: 1956: Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_3294000/3294305.stm |access-date=18 October 2016 |agency=BBC |date=December 23, 1956 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226115923/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_3294000/3294305.stm |archive-date=26 December 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since then, this day was chosen as Port Said's national day. It is widely celebrated annually in Port Said. The French-speaking European community had begun to emigrate to Europe, Australia, South Africa and elsewhere in 1946 and most of the remainder left Egypt in the wake of the Suez Crisis, paralleling the contemporary exodus of French-speaking Europeans from Tunisia. Most of the Greek community was also expelled or left the town under the rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser.<ref>A Presence without a Narrative: The Greeks in Egypt, 1961-1976 https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/12117?lang=en {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201034814/https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/12117?lang=en |date=1 February 2022 }}</ref>

After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, also called the [[Six-Day War]], the Suez Canal was closed by an Egyptian blockade until 5 June 1975, and the residents of Port Said were evacuated by the Egyptian government to prepare for the [[Yom Kippur War]] (1973).
The city was re-inhabited after the war and the reopening of the Canal. In 1976, Port Said was declared a duty-free port, attracting people from all over Egypt. Now the population of the city is 794,720.<ref>Port Said Main Features https://www.portsaid.gov.eg/StaticContent/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241026034814/https://www.portsaid.gov.eg/StaticContent/1 |date=26 October 2024 }}</ref>