Al Qantarah El Sharqiyyaeg

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Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya (30.85° N 32.31° E) is a northeastern Egyptian city on the eastern side of the Suez Canal located in the Egyptian governorate of Shamal Sina’. 160 kilometers northeast of Cairo and 50 kilometers south of Port Said.
Alternate Names: Mahattat al qantarah ash sharqiyah, El Qantara, El Qantara East, El-Qantara East Station, El-Qantara El-Sharqiya Station, Mahattat al Qantarah al Sharqiyah, Qantarah esh Sharqiya, Al Qantarah Ash Sharqiyah, El Kantara, Kantara, or Al Qantarah.
In Al Qantarah there is a high-level fixed road bridge, the Mubarak Peace Bridge over the canal. The Arabic al qantara means “the bridge”.
During World War I, Kantara, as it was referred to by the Allied troops, was the site of Headquarters No. 3 Section, Canal Defences and Headquarters Eastern Force during the latter stages of the Defence of the Suez Canal Campaign and the Sinai Campaign of 1916. It became the main supply depot for all British, Australian and New Zealand operations in the Sinai from 1916 until final demobilization in 1919. A massive distribution warehouse and hospital centre was located in the town that supplied and supported the numerous units in the area.

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