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New Valley Governorate
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New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الوادي الجديد [moˈħɑfzet elˈwæːdi lɡɪˈdiːd], Muḥāfaẓah al Wādī al Jadīd) is a governorate of Egypt. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert (part of the Sahara Desert), between the Nile, northern Sudan, and southeastern Libya.
New Valley Governorate | |
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![]() New Valley Governorate on the map of Egypt | |
Coordinates: 24°32′44″N 27°10′24″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Seat | Kharga |
Government | |
• Governor | Mohammed Salman Mousa Al-Zamlout[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 440,098 km2 (169,923 sq mi) |
Population (January 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 265,003 |
• Density | 0.60/km2 (1.6/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | EGP 17 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
ISO 3166 code | EG-WAD |
HDI (2021) | 0.738[4] high · 10th |
Website | www |
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Consisting of 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.