Port Said is a city on the Mediterranean Sea. Situated on the northern end of the Suez Canal, it was originally planned as a part of its infrastructure, but gradually evolved into a major industrial and touristic center.

Volgograd and Port Said became twinned in 1962, because the latter is also known under the name of the “Egyptian Stalingrad”.

In 1956, during the Suez Crisis, that is – the war for the canal of the same name, Port Said found itself in the center of the armed conflict. The battle against the British and French troops, in which the Army of Egypt was ardently supported by the people’s militia and the city residents, only lasted for one day (due to the UN’s intervention, the conflicting parties had to stop the war), but had catastrophic consequences for the civil population and the city itself – which, despite everything, remained unconquered.

In 1957, the people of Volgograd and Port Said issued a joint appeal to the world nations calling for the immediate prohibition of the weapons of mass destruction.

Website: http://www.portsaid.gov.eg