Dakhla Oasis (Arabic الداخلة al-Dākhla; BGN: Al Wāḩāt ad Dākhilah) is one of the five Western oasis of Egypt. It is located in the Libyan Desert between Farafra and Kharga. Its fourteen villages comprise some 70,000 inhabitants. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a US Federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the Federal Government. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara For other uses, see Oasis (disambiguation). ... Libyan Desert The Libyan Desert is an African desert that is located in the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert and occupies southwestern Egypt, eastern Libya and northwestern Sudan. ... Kharga Oasis (Arabic الخارجة, Standard Arabic pronunciation al-Khārija, Egyptian spoken Arabic al-Khārga) is the southernmost of Egypts five Western oases. ...

Dakhla pertains to the Egyptian Wadi al-Jadid ("New Valley") governorate. Al Wadi al Jadid (Arabic: الوادى الجديد ) (English: New Vally) is one of the governorates of Egypt. ...

External links

• Dakhla in the Old Kingdom
• Photos of Dalkhla Oasis on GlobalAmity.net

Coordinates: 25°31′N 29°10′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...