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The Siwa Oasis (Arabic: واحة سيوة, Wāḥat Sīwah, Berber languages: Isiwan )
is an urban oasis in Egypt between the Qattara Depression and the Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert, and 560 km (348 mi) from Cairo. About 80 km (50 mi) in length and 20 km (12 mi) wide,[1] Siwa Oasis is one of Egypt's most isolated settlements, with about 33,000 people, who developed a unique culture and a distinct language of the Berber family called Siwi.
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Dakhla Oasis (Egyptian Arabic: الداخلة El Daḵla , pronounced [edˈdæxlæ]), translates to the inner oasis, 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. It measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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The New Valley Project or Toshka Project consists of building a system of canals to carry water from Lake Nasser to irrigate part of the sandy wastes of the Western Desert of Egypt, which is part of the Sahara Desert. In 1997 the Egyptian government decided to develop a new valley (as opposed to the existing Nile Valley) where agricultural and industrial communities would develop. It has been an ambitious project which was meant to help Egypt cope with its rapidly growing population.
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