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The Best Attractions In Kharga

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The Kharga Oasis the outer; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁϩ `ⲙⲯⲟⲓ Wah Ēmpsoy, Oasis of Psoi) is the southernmost of Egypt's five western oases. It is located in the Western Desert, about 200 km to the west of the Nile valley. Kharga or El Kharga is also the name of a major town located in the oasis, the capital of New Valley Governorate. The oasis, which was known as the 'Southern Oasis' to the Ancient Egyptians and Oasis Magna to Romans, is the largest of the oases in the Libyan desert of Egypt. It is in a depression about 160 km long and from 20 km to 80 km wide. Its population is 67,700 .
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  • 3. Temple City Kharga
    The Temple of Hibis is the largest and best preserved ancient Egyptian temple in the Kharga Oasis, as well as the only structure in Egypt dating to the 26th dynasty or Saite-Persian period which has come down to modern times in relatively good condition. Located about 2 km north of Kharga, it was devoted to a syncretism of two local forms of the deity Amun: Amun of Hibis and Amun-Ra of Karnak who dwells in Hibis.
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