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Ismailiya Travel Guide
Ismailiya is the capital of Ismailia
Governorate consists of an area of
approximately 4482.8 km2 or 0.46% of Egypt's
area, along the west bank of the Suez Canal.
It has a population of approximately
750,000. The city of Ismailiya is located on
Lake Timsah along the coast of the Canal,
half way between Port Said and Suez.
The Governorate consists of 5 towns; Fayed,
Ismailia, Al-Tal Al-Kabeer, east and Qantara
west. Formerly, Ismailiya was called Timsah
Village, but it was subsequently named after
Khedive Ismail of Egypt. However according
to the census conducted in the year 1996,
the estimated figure of the population was
715,000 inhabitants, 58% urban and 42%
rural, or 1.21% of Egypt's.
The town of Ismailiya is approximately 120km
from Cairo by the direct route or 135km by
the countryside road. All parts of the
Governorate are joined with an integrated
network of roads. This enables traffic to
join the town of Ismailiya with its suburbs.
The town of Ismailiya has many ancient and
antiquity areas: Tal Al-Maskhota, It's in
Abu Seir village, and was called so when
workers found statues there in 1886. But in
fact this place was "Baraton Ai" city. There
is god Aton temple made from basalt, a
Ptolemies alabaster coffin from the Ptolemi
age, which is moved now to Ismailia Museum.
Actually It's one of the most important
tourism places.
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