Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah

Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah is an island in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah is situated near the locality Ḩayy az Zuhūr, as well as near Masākin Khālid Bin al Walīd.

Type: Island
Description: island in Egypt
Also known as: “Gezîret el-Suweidîya” and “Jazirat as Suwaydiyah”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lake Manzala and Port Said War Memorial Cemetery.

Lake Manzala

Photo: Bulwersator, Public domain.

Lake Manzala, also Manzaleh, is a brackish lake, sometimes called a lagoon, in northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said and a few miles from the ancient ruins at Tanis.

Port Said War Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Said War Memorial Cemetery is situated 4 km east of Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Gamil Fort and Port Said.

Port Said Airport serves the city of Port Said, Egypt, at the north end of the Suez Canal. In 2011, the airport served 36,962 passengers. Al Gamil Fort is situated 4 km northwest of Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah.

Port Said

Photo: Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port Said is Egypt's third largest city, its second largest seaport and the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean.

Port Fuad

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Port Fuad or Port Fouad is a city in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Port Fuad is located in northeastern Egypt at the northwesternmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Asian side of the Suez Canal, across from the city of Port Said. Port Fuad is situated 8 km east of Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah.

Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah

Category: landform
Location: Port Said Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

31.26389° or 31° 15′ 50″ north

Longitude

32.23806° or 32° 14′ 17″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

8G3J767Q+H6

GeoNames ID

347721

Wikidata ID

Q23935311

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah”
Swedish: “Jazīrat as Suwaydīyah”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ḩayy az Zuhūr and Masākin Khālid Bin al Walīd.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Birkat ash Shajarah and Fumm Buhayrat al Manzalah.

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