context: Ismailia is one of the cities of the Canal and is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The population of the city and its suburbs is about half a million. The city was built on the west bank of Lake Timsah - which is considered part of the Suez Canal passage - approximately halfway between Port Said in the north and Suez in the south, to be the center of the Suez Canal International Navigation Company during the era of Khedive Ismail.
question: Where is Ismailia located?
answers.text: halfway between Port Said in the north and Suez in the south