Suez Canal Zone | ||||
Special Territory | ||||
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Capital | Port Suez | |||
Status | Special Territory | |||
History | ||||
- August 27, 1936 | Anglo-Egyptian Treaty | |||
- November 14, 1936 | Canal Zone established | |||
- July 23, 1952 | Coup d'etat in Egypt | |||
- June 13, 1956 | Control reverts to Egypt | |||
- July 26, 1956 | Egypt nationalizes the canal | |||
- November 5, 1956 | Suez Crisis with British occupation | |||
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Egypt | |||
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The Suez Canal Zone (1936-1956) was established to allow British control of the Suez Canal (₩) in Egypt.
Nation
Egyptian Polities
Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
Fatimid Islamic Caliphate
Ayyubid dynasty
Mamluk Sultanate
Egypt Eyalet
Ottoman Empire: Khedivate of Egypt (1867-1914)
United Kingdom: Sultanate of Egypt (1914-1922)
United Kingdom: Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1953)
Republic of Egypt (1953-1958)
United Arab Republic (1958-1961)
United Arab Republic: Egypt (1961-1971)
Federation of Arab Republics (1972-1977)
Arab Republic of Egypt (From 1971)
Neighbouring Nations
References