Ismailia - Ismailia (English spelling)

Japanese: イスマイリア - いすまいりあ(英語表記)Ismailia
Ismailia - Ismailia (English spelling)

A port city located at the midpoint of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Population 255,134 (1996). The French-style city area spreads out on the west shore of Lake Timsah, and the lake is connected to the Nile by the Ismailia Canal. There are rail and road connections to Port Said, Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez. The city was heavily damaged in the Six-Day War (the Third Arab-Israeli War) in 1967. Currently, it is the headquarters for controlling ships navigating the Suez Canal, and is also a distribution center for oil and agricultural products. It was built in 1863 by Lesseps' Suez Canal Company as a base for digging the canal. The name Ismailia comes from Ismail, the viceroy of Egypt.

[Hiroshi Fujii]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

エジプト、スエズ運河の中間点にある港町。人口25万5134(1996)。ティムサ湖西岸にフランス風の市街地が広がり、同湖とナイル川とはイスマイリア運河で結ばれる。またポート・サイド、カイロ、アレクサンドリア、スエズへは鉄道、道路が通じている。1967年の六日戦争(第三次中東戦争)では大打撃を受けた。現在はスエズ運河を航行する船舶の管制指令本部があり、石油、農産物の集散地でもある。1863年レセップスのスエズ運河会社により、運河掘削の基地としてつくられた。イスマイリアという名の由来は、エジプト副王イスマーイールからきている。

[藤井宏志]

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