Suez Canal Region (Palestine)

The Suez Canal Administrative Region (Arabic: منطقة قناة السويس الإدارية munṭaqat qanāt as-sūwīs al-idārīyah) is one of five administrative regions of the Republic of Palestine. It consists of the entirety of the eastern bank of the Suez Canal, as well as the city-county of Port Said which sits on an island on the west bank where the canal meets the Mediterranean. As far as population is concerned, the Suez Canal Region is the third-largest in Palestine, home to just under 4 million people. It is the only administrative region of Palestine to border Egypt.