New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate ( ar, محافظة الوادي الجديد , ) is one of the

governorates of Egypt Egypt has a Centralisation, centralised system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive (government), Executive. The country is divided into twenty-seven governorates ( '; ; genitive case#Ara ...

. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert (part of the

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), between the

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, northern

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, and southeastern

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. Consisting of roughly half of Egypt's area, this spacious governorate is the country's largest and most sparsely populated, and one of the biggest subnational divisions on the African continent, as well as the world. At 440,098 square

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in area, New Valley Governorate is just slightly larger than the country of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. The capital is at the

Kharga Oasis The Kharga Oasis (Arabic: , ) ; Coptic: ( "Oasis of Hib", "Oasis of Psoi") is the southernmost of Egypt's five western oases. It is located in the Western Desert, about 200 km (125 miles) to the west of the Nile valley. "Kharga" or ...

. New Valley Governate is named after the

New Valley Project {{coord, 22.494795, N, 28.579559, E, display=title 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 i ...

, which aims to irrigate parts of the Western Desert.

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into municipal divisions with a total estimated population as of July 2017 of 242,300. In the case of New Valley governorate, there is one kism with urban and rural parts, and four

marakiz Markaz ( ar, مركز, tr, merkez), or the equivalent term in Persian, is a second-level administrative division found in the Middle East. Examples include: * Markazes of Egypt, below Governorates of Egypt * Markaz in Saudi Arabia, below Governor ...

. In an effort to decentralize the administration of Kharga, it was divided into four sections effective 19 June, 2018.

Population

According to population estimates, in 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 48.0%. Out of an estimated 225,416 people residing in the governorate, 117,180 people lived in rural areas and only 108,236 lived in urban areas. According to population estimates, in 2018 the population was 245,000, with an urbanization rate of 46.7%.

Cities, towns, oases

New Valley has a number of cities, towns and oases. As of 2018,

, and

Dakhla Oasis Dakhla Oasis (Egyptian Arabic: , , "''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 and between the oases of Farafra and Khar ...

were the two places in New Valley with a population of over 15,000.

Farafra Oasis The Farafra depression ( ar, واحة الفرافرة, ) is a geological depression, the second biggest by size in Western Egypt and the smallest by population, near latitude 27.06° north and longitude 27.97° east. It is in the large Western ...

and

Baris Oasis Baris ( ar, باريس) is a town in Egypt. It contains the ancient Egyptian temple of Dosh. It is south of the New Valley Governorate, from the Kharga Oasis The Kharga Oasis (Arabic: , ) ; Coptic: ( "Oasis of Hib", "Oasis of Psoi") ...

are also in New Valley.

Industrial zones

According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), in affiliation with the Ministry of Investment (MOI), the following industrial zones are located in this governorate: *Al Kharga *Heavy industrial zone - El Dakhla *Heavy industrial zone - Wadi Waer West New Valley also contains some farming areas created by the New Valley project, like

Sharq El Owainat Sharq El Owainat, or East Oweinat is a 110,000 acre desert land reclamation project that started in 1991, in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is in a remote location in the Western Desert in the extreme south-west of the country, east of O ...

History

;2011 Egyptian revolution Violent clashes were reported in the New Valley Governorate on February 8–9, 2011 as part of the

2011 Egyptian revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

. Protesters set fire to police stations and the National Democratic Party building. Multiple deaths were reported in addition to hundreds of injuries amid claims that the police opened fire on protesters in Kharga Oasis with live ammunition.Fahim, Kareem. "Protesters in Egypt Regain Initiative as Workers Strike." The New York Times. 2/9/2011. Accessed 2/9/2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/world/middleeast/10egypt.html?_r=1&hp

Industry

* Farming of

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* Tourism and safaris * Agricultural activities (around oases)

References

External links

El Watan News of New Valley Governorate
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