Port Fouad

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Port Fouad as seen across the Suez Canal from Port Said
Port Fouad as seen across the Suez Canal from Port Said

Port Fouad (Arabic: بور فؤاد  ; Būr Fu’ād) is a city in Egypt, located across the Suez Canal from Port Said. It forms the northwesternmost part of Sinai Peninsula. It was founded in 1927, principally to relieve overcrowding in Port Said, and was named after Fuad I, the first King of Egypt in the modern era. As of 2003, it has a population of 560,000.

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