Suez Governorate

Suez is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north-eastern part of the country and is coterminous with the city of . It is situated north of the Gulf of Suez.
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 843,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: “El Suez”, “Gobernacion de Suez”, “Gouvernement Sues”, “Governaturatu di Suez”, “gubernio Suezo”, “Mohafazat El Sweis”, “Suesia”, “Suez”, “Suez and El-Arish”, “სუეცი”, “استان سویس”, and “سويس”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ain Sokhna.

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Suez Governorate

Latitude
29.7° or 29° 42′ north
Longitude
32.3° or 32° 18′ east
Population
843,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
7GXJP822+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Suez Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “Muḩāfaz̧at as Suways”
  • Arabic: “السويس”
  • Arabic: “محافظة السويس”
  • Armenian: “Սուեզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Süveyş mühafəzəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Әс-Сүәйс”
  • Belarusian: “Суэц”
  • Bengali: “সুয়েজ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bosnian: “Suez”
  • Bulgarian: “Суец”
  • Catalan: “governació de Suez”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Suez”
  • Cebuano: “As Suways”
  • Chinese: “苏伊士省”
  • Chinese: “蘇伊士省”
  • Chinese: “蘇彝士省”
  • Corsican: “Governatoratu di Suez”
  • Czech: “Suez”
  • Danish: “As Suways”
  • Danish: “Suez Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Suez”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة السويس”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Suezo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Suezo”
  • Finnish: “Al-Suwaisin kuvernoraatti”
  • Finnish: “Suezin kuvernementti”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Suez”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Suez”
  • French: “Suez”
  • Georgian: “სუეცის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “as-Suwais”
  • German: “Gouvernement as-Suwais”
  • German: “Gouvernement Suez”
  • German: “Sues”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Σουέζ”
  • Gujarati: “સુએઝ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Suwayz”
  • Hebrew: “סואץ”
  • Hindi: “सुएज़ मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Hindi: “स्वेज़ प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Suez”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Shuais”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Suez”
  • Japanese: “スエズ県”
  • Javanese: “Suez”
  • Kannada: “ಸುಯೆಜ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Суец”
  • Kirghiz: “Суец”
  • Korean: “수에즈주”
  • Latin: “As-Suwais”
  • Latvian: “Suecas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Sueco muchafaza”
  • Macedonian: “Суец (област)”
  • Macedonian: “Суец”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Suez”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Suez”
  • Marathi: “सुएझ गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Suez Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “As Suways”
  • Norwegian: “Guvernementet Suez”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Governorat de Suèz”
  • Oromo: “Suwayz”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੁਏਜ਼”
  • Persian: “استان سوئز”
  • Polish: “Suez”
  • Portuguese: “Suez”
  • Pushto: “السويس”
  • Romanian: “As Suways”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Suez”
  • Russian: “Суэц”
  • Scots: “Suez Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Suez”
  • Serbian: “Суец”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Suez”
  • Sinhala: “සුඑස් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Suez”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Suez”
  • Somali: “Suwayz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوئز اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Suez”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Suez”
  • Swedish: “Suez”
  • Tajik: “Суяс”
  • Tamil: “சூயஸ் Governorate”
  • Tatar: “Суец”
  • Telugu: “సూయెజ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการสุเอซ”
  • Turkish: “Süveyş”
  • Ukrainian: “Суец”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ سوئیز”
  • Uzbek: “Suets”
  • Uzbek: “Suvaysh muhofazasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Suez”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Suez”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Suez”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سویز”
  • Wu Chinese: “苏伊士省”
  • Zulu: “Suez Governorate”

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