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Sharqia Governorate

Sharqia is one of Central and East Delta region governorates. It is

one of the largest agricultural governorates in Egypt, where total

cultivated areas cover 852.39 thousand feddans. It is famous for

growing cotton, wheat, rice, fava beans, sugar beets and barley.

The governorate also contributes with several large-scale

industries including spinning and weaving, chemicals, building

materials and wood.

The governorate is also renowned for breeding pure Arabian
horses and is considered the most important horse market in

Egypt, thus horses' festival are held in the governorate every
year. Most famous areas for breeding horses are: Salheyia,

Anshas, Bani Gery, and Saoud Island.

Sharqia is also famous for hunting deer, by falcons, and ducks.

The governorate has many monumental areas representing the

pre-kingdoms dynasties till the modern age including: monuments

in Blbes, Saft el-Henna, Tal Basta, Qanteer, Tal el-Daba'a , Tal

Pharaoh , and al-Sawa.

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