Egypt Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Suez Canal ==== {{Main|Suez Canal}} [[File:Capesize bulk carrier at Suez Canal Bridge.JPG|thumb|The [[Suez Canal Bridge]]]] The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows ship transport between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] without navigation around [[Africa]]. The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfiq at the city of Suez. Ismailia lies on its west bank, {{convert|3|km|mi|frac=8|abbr=off}} from the half-way point. The canal is {{convert|193.30|km|mi|frac=8|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|24|m|ft|abbr=off}} deep and {{convert|205|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide {{As of|2010|lc=y}}. It consists of the northern access channel of {{convert|22|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, the canal itself of {{convert|162.25|km|mi|frac=8|abbr=on}} and the southern access channel of {{convert|9|km|mi|frac=2|abbr=on}}. The canal is a single lane with passing places in the Ballah By-Pass and the Great Bitter Lake. It contains no locks; seawater flows freely through the canal. On 26 August 2014 a proposal was made for opening a [[New Suez Canal]]. Work on the New Suez Canal was completed in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt Says Work Finished on New Suez Canal|url=http://www.voanews.com/content/egypt-says-work-is-finished-on-new-suez-canal/2883548.html|publisher=Voice of America|date=29 July 2015|access-date=24 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803133542/http://www.voanews.com/content/egypt-says-work-is-finished-on-new-suez-canal/2883548.html|archive-date=3 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt's New Suez Canal to Be Completed for Aug. 6 Ceremony|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-suez-canal.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=1 August 2015|date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616163211/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/06/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-suez-canal.html|archive-date=16 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel was officially inaugurated with a ceremony attended by foreign leaders and featuring military flyovers on 6 August 2015, in accordance with the budgets laid out for the project.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33800076|title=Egypt launches Suez Canal expansion|date=6 August 2015|access-date=6 August 2015|agency=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806152649/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33800076|archive-date=6 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1531052/egypt-opens-new-6bn-suez-canal|title=Egypt Opens New Β£6bn Suez Canal|first=Sherine|last=Tadros|agency=Sky News|date=6 August 2015|access-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806194926/http://news.sky.com/story/1531052/egypt-opens-new-6bn-suez-canal|archive-date=6 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page