28°21′N 28°52′E / 28.350°N 28.867°E
el-Bawiti
الباويطي | |
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  el-Bawiti Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 28°21′N 28°52′E / 28.350°N 28.867°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Giza |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
El-Bawiti (Arabic: الباويطي, al-Bāwīṭī, from Coptic: ⲡⲁⲩⲏⲧ, lit. 'assembly, monastery')[1] is a town in the Western desert in Egypt. With 30,000 inhabitants, it is the largest settlement in the Bahariya Oasis.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 25.