In the year 2000, extra built up area covered 47 km2 (11,192 feddan) as 7.02% of the total area and barren land was doubled, while the cultivated area decreased by 22 km2 (5239 feddan) as 3.28% of the total area. In the year 2010, built up area is dramatically increased, more than 5 times, to cover 243 km2 (57,863 feddan) as 36.3% of the total area, this is the case of barren land which increased more than 3 times to cover 19 km2 (4524 feddan), while the cultivated area decreased intensely by 206 km2 (49,053 feddan) as 30.7% of the total area. Water bodies decreased by 3 km2 (714 feddan) as 0.45% of the total area (see Table 2).