Where is the city that is named after Isma'il Pasha located?
In Sudan
In Egypt
In Turkey
In Saudi Arabia
Answer
Ismailia, a city in Egypt, is named after Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879. It was founded in the 1860s as a key site along the Suez Canal project, which Isma'il Pasha initiated.
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