Dakhla Oasis

Dakhla Oasis
الواحات الداخلة
Oasis
View to Dakhla Oasis' old town, taken by Vyacheslav Argenberg
View to Dakhla Oasis' old town, taken by Vyacheslav Argenberg
Nickname: 
Inner oasis
Dakhla Oasis is located in Egypt
Dakhla Oasis
Dakhla Oasis
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 25°29′29.6″N 28°58′45.2″E / 25.491556°N 28.979222°E / 25.491556; 28.979222
CountryEgypt
GovernorateNew Valley Governorate
Area
 • Total2,000 km2 (800 sq mi)
 • Land1,500 km2 (600 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total75,000
 • Ethnicities
Egyptians
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
Capital'Ain Basil (Balat) (c. 2500 BCE-c. 1500 BCE)
Mut (c. 1500 BCE- )
The center-pivot irrigation in the Dakhla Oasis.

Dakhla Oasis or Dakhleh Oasis (Egyptian Arabic: الواحات الداخلة El Waḥat el Daḵla, pronounced [elwæ'ħæ:t edˈdæ:xlæ], "the inner oases"), is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert. Dakhla Oasis lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) from the Nile and between the oases of Farafra and Kharga. It measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.[1]

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