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Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate

Kafr el-Sheikh is one of Delta region's governorates that

encompass (Gharbia, Menofia, Daqahlia, Kafr el-Sheikh, and

Damietta). The name of the governorate is attributed to the Sufi

Sheikh Talha Abi Said el-Telmesany descending from Moroccan

origin, who settled in the governorate in the year 600 A.H.

Kafr el-Sheikh is an agricultural governorate, with total cultivated

area of 550 thousand feddans and is famous for the production of

rice, beets, wheat, and cotton.

The governorate contributes in many industries: dairy products,

oil and soap, fodders, milling rice, cotton ginning and spinning,

and beets sugar. Furthermore, there are several fish farms in the

governorate.

In an effort to enhance investments in the governorate, the first

industrial zone in Balteem established by the Premier decree and

a second industrial zone along the international coastal road in

Metobbas.

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