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Table 6.2 Total cultivated area of wheat, its production and required irrigation water
Area (000 ha)
Production (000 ton)
Water requirements (MCM)
Lower Egypt
Alexandria
31.5
201.6
140.7
Behira
176.2
1234.9
912.9
Gharbia
43.1
292.4
292.5
Kafr El Sheikh
85.9
562.8
476.0
Dakahlia
78.7
621.9
427.3
Damietta
8.7
58.2
48.7
Sharkia
149.0
1032.0
969.2
Ismailia
14.3
92.8
77.1
Port Said
5.0
34.5
21.5
Suez
2.3
14.4
13.4
Menoufia
50.7
389.9
295.3
Qalyubia
20.9
147.9
130.9
Cairo
0
0
0
Total
666.4
4683.2
3805.4
Middle Egypt
Giza
17.4
135.0
100.6
Bani Sweif
50.0
355.8
328.9
Fayoum
77.0
497.1
543.1
Minya
96.2
685.1
691.0
Total
240.5
1673.0
1663.6
Upper Egypt
Assiut
87.8
629.4
686.5
Sohag
80.8
548.0
772.0
Qena
37.8
240.3
330.0
Luxor
13.1
79.8
112.8
Aswan
22.1
149.1
183.0
New Valley
63.5
385.6
412.1
Total
305.1
2032.4
2496.4
Bordered governorates
Marsa Matrouh
3.9
22.6
16.7
North Sinai
1.0
1.2
4.0
South Sinai
0.5
2.0
3.1
Total
5.3
25.8
23.9
Grand total
1217.4
8414.5
7989.2
WR water requirements, BCM billion cubic meter
A. E.-H. Zohry and S. Ouda