City Details: Port Said

A few alternate names for Port Said are: Bor Sa`id, Bor Sa‘īd, Bur Sa`id, Bursaid, Būr Sa‘īd, Madinat Bur Sa`id, Madinet Port Said, Madînat Būr Sa‘īd, Madînet Port Said, PORTSAINT

Port Said is a port city that lies in the northeast Egypt extending about 30 km (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital of the Port Said governorate and it forms the majority of the governorate, where its seven districts comprise seven of the governorate's eight regions. At the beginning of 2023 it had a population of 680,375 people.