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A '''feddan''' ({{lang-ar|فدّان|faddān}}) is a unit of [[area]] used in [[Egypt]], [[South Sudan]], [[Sudan]], [[Syria]], and the [[Oman]]. In [[Classical Arabic]], the word means 'a [[yoke]] of [[ox]]en', implying the area of ground that could be tilled by oxen in a certain time. In [[Egypt]], the feddan is the only non-metric unit which remained in use following the adoption of the [[metric system]]. A feddan is divided into 24 '''kirat''' ({{lang-ar|قيراط|links=no}}, ''qīrāt''), with one kirat equals 175 [[square metres]].<ref name="24 Qirats is 1 Feddan">{{cite book|last1=Lyons|first1=H.G.|title=The cadastral survey of Egypt 1892-1907|date=1907|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=9781176444607|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkruAgAAQBAJ&q=Belqas&pg=PA35|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>