Port Said

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Port Said

Total population

538,378

Coordinates31.26°, 32.31°

Demographic figures from CAPMAS (Egypt). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Port Said is a port city that lies in 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 forms the majority of the governorate, comprising seven of the governorate's eight administrative regions. In 2024, it had a population of 790,000 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mohamed Zidan

Egyptian association football player

Ranan Lurie

American journalist (1932–2022)

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Mohsen Saleh

Egyptian footballer

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Faiza Abou el-Naga

Egyptian politician

Mohamed Shawky

Egyptian footballer

Amr Diab

Egyptian singer, composer and actor

Marcel Domergue

French-Egyptian association football player

Mohamed Badawi Abdel Fattah

Egyptian association football player (1935–2007)

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Cecil Purdy

Australian chess player (1906–1979)

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Tarek Soliman

Egyptian footballer

Daisy Campi

German painter (1893-1979)

Sayed Badreya

American-Egyptian actor

Hans Dijkstal

Dutch politician (1943-2010)

Hany Abo Rida

Egyptian football administrator

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Mohamed el-Bisatie

writer (1937-2012)

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Jean-Claude D'Arménia

French association football player (1940-2018)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-08-18

Crimson-speckled Flunkey

Utetheisa pulchella

Seen 2026-07-18

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

Seen 2026-07-18

Stripe-eyed Lagoon Fly

Eristalinus taeniops

Seen 2026-07-18

Lang's Short-tailed Blue

Leptotes pirithous

Seen 2026-07-18

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-07-18

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Seen 2026-07-18

simple-leaved bean caper

Tetraena simplex

Seen 2026-07-18

Lagoon Cockle

Cerastoderma glaucum

Seen 2026-07-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).