Port Said (English spelling)

Japanese: ポート・サイド(英語表記)Port Said
Port Said (English spelling)
A city in northeastern Egypt at the entrance to the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean side. Population 460,000 (1992). In Arabic it is called Būr Sa'īd. It was built in 1859 during the construction of the Suez Canal on a narrow strip of sand between the salt lake of Lake Manzala and the Mediterranean Sea. It was named after Said Pasha, who was the governor (wali) of Egypt at the time the construction began. Before that, it was just a village with a population of about 4,000, but when the canal was opened in 1969, the population rapidly increased. In 1925, Port Said became too small, so Port Fouad was built on the opposite bank as housing for engineers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
エジプト北東部,スエズ運河の地中海側の入口にある都市。人口46万(1992)。アラビア語ではブール・サイードBūr Sa‘īd。マンザラ湖という塩湖と地中海の間の狭い砂地に,1859年スエズ運河工事に伴い建設された。その名は工事開始当時のエジプト総督(ワーリー)であったサイード・パシャにちなんで名づけられた。それ以前は人口約4000の村にすぎなかったが,69年に運河が開通すると人口が急増した。1925年ポート・サイドが手狭になったので技師たちの住宅用地として対岸にポート・フアードが建設された。

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