New Valley Governorate

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New Valley, or El Wadi El Gedid (Arabic: محافظة الوادي الجديد, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Wādī al-Jadīd, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [moˈħɑfzˤet elˈwæːdi lɡɪˈdiːd]), is a governorate of Egypt. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the southern Western Desert (part of the Sahara), between the Nile, northern Sudan, and southeastern Libya. Comprising roughly half of Egypt's area, this governorate is the country's largest and most sparsely populated, and one of the largest country subdivisions in the world. The capital is Kharga. New Valley Governorate is named after the New Valley Project, which aims to irrigate parts of the Western Desert.

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