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Andrée Chedid
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Claude François
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Ismailia Governorate
Ismailia Governorate () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the northeast of the country. Its capital is the city of Ismailia.
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Sharm el-Sheikh
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Ismaïlia

Name	Ismailia, Egypt
Native name
Nickname	City of Roses or Flowers City
Pushpin map	Egypt
Pushpin label position	bottom
Pushpin mapsize	300
Pushpin map caption	Location in Egypt
Coordinates region	EG
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	Governorate
Subdivision name1	Al Isma'iliyah
Leader title1
Established title
Unit pref	Imperial
Area total km2
Area land km2
Population total	750,000
Population blank1 title	Ethnicities
Timezone	EST
Utc offset	+2
Timezone dst	+3
Elevation footnotes
Postal code type
Area code	+69 +64

Ismaïlia ( , ) is a city in north-east Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The town has a population (including surrounding rural areas) of approximately 750,000 inhabitants. It is located approximately half way between Port Said to the north and Suez to the south. The Canal widens at that point to include Lake Timsah, one of the Bitter Lakes linked by the Canal.

Ismailia was founded in 1863, during the construction of the Suez Canal, by Khedive Ismail the Magnificent, after whom the city is named. The head office of the Suez Canal Authority is located in Ismaïlia at the shore of Lake Timsah. It still has a large number of buildings dating from British and French involvement with the Canal. Most of these buildings are still used by Canal employees and officials.

History

The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Ismailia by Hassan El-Banna in March 1928. An underground paramilitary wing was established in the 1940s, primarily to fight British occupation forces. In the early 1950s, Ismailia hosted the British Military HQ and the Civilian Administration Centre of the Canal Zone. British suppression of an uprising by rebellious Egyptian police there on 25 January 1952 was a key event leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I later that year and the Egyptian Revolution that followed. British forces pulled out of Ismailia in 1954.

Education

Schools

Ismailia has several public and private schools.They face educational problems schools all around Egypt face. Private tutoring is widely accessible and is almost an unofficial requirement for all students. Two international schools, Manar Language School and Educational Language Complex School (E.L.C) offer American Diploma and I.G.C.S. teaching systems.

Universities

Ismailia is the home of Suez Canal University, established in 1976 to serve the region of Suez Canal and Sinai. Suez Canal University now is one of the fast growing educational institutes in Egypt with many students studying abroad.

Tourism

Ismaïlia does get tourists from within Egypt, but is not a major tourism destination for international tourists. The city is approximately a ninety minute automobile drive from Cairo. From Ismaïlia it is approximately a four hour drive to Sharm el-Sheikh in South Sinai. Driving to the Taba Border Crossing at Taba and the Rafah Border Crossing at Rafah are both approximately four hour drives.

Sports

Ismaïlia owns the 3rd most successful club in Egypt in the field of Football. Ismaïlia's Sporting Club's football team which is considered one of the best clubs in Africa, Ismaily SC enjoys broad support from within the city and governorate, with fan bases extending to other Egyptian cities. The club's performance is considered a major political issue, and can tend to dictate the city's mood. The team enjoys brief stints of competition for local and international competition, but its financial situation prevents these stints from extending beyond a few years. The team has won the Egyptian League three times (1967, 1991, 2002), the Egyptian Cup twice (1997, 2000), and the African Champions League once (1969).

Climate

Notable natives

Osman Ahmed Osman, a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician, was born in this town on 6 April 1917.

Claude François, a famous French pop singer and songwriter, was born in this town on 1 February 1939.

Louis Chedid, a famous French singer and songwriter son of writer Andrée Chedid and father of Matthieu Chedid (better known as -M-) was born in this town on 1 January 1948.

Adel Marzouk, famous football player from 1986 to 1990.

References

External links

Ismaily Sporting Club official website

Ismailia governorate official website

Suez Canal University official website

Short animation festival in ismailia

Category:Ismailia Governorate Category:Governorate capitals in Egypt Category:Populated places in Egypt Category:Metropolitan areas of Egypt Category:Suez Canal

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