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Ismailia

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Ismailia or Al Ismailiyah , city (1986 est. pop. 212,759), capital of Ismailia governorate, NE Egypt. It is the seat of the Suez Canal administration. Extensive irrigation is used for growing fruits and vegetables; livestock is raised. Ismailia was founded in 1863 by Ferdinand de Lesseps , who used it as his base of operations during the construction of the canal. The city was named after Ismail, a khedive of Egypt. A nearby military base established by the British in World War I is now under Egyptian control. After Israeli forces shelled Ismailia in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, part of the city's civilian population was evacuated. In the 1973 war Israeli ground forces pushed to within the city's outskirts.

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Ismailia

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Ismailia (al‐Ismā'īlīyah), Egypt Timsāḥ A governorate and city founded on the site of the village of Timsāḥ ‘Crocodile’ on the lake of the same name in 1863 by the French engineer, Ferdinand de Lesseps (1804–95), initially as a base camp for those working on the construction of the Suez Canal. It was named on the accession of Ismā᾽īl Pasha (1830–95) as Khedive of Egypt (1863–79); he was an enthusiastic supporter of the canal project.

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