Suez

Suez, an Egyptian town to the extreme N. of the Red Sea, and at the S. entrance of the Suez Canal (q.v.). It is 76 miles E. of Cairo, with which town, as well as with Alexandria, it is connected by railway; and a railway crossing a shallow arm of the Red Sea connects it with Port Ibrahim. Among the chief buildings are the Viceroy's villa, the Greek church, the bospital, the custom~house, and the Govermnent salt factory. The constrnction of the Suez Canal and of the Freshwater Canal has brought European trade and improved prospects to Suez.