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6-618: It is south of the New Valley Governorate , 90 km (56 mi) from the Kharga Oasis . The name of the town comes from Coptic : ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲥ , lit.   'the one of the south'. This geography of Egypt article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . New Valley Governorate New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate ( Arabic : محافظة الوادي الجديد [moˈħɑfzet elˈwæːdi lɡɪˈdiːd] , Muḥāfaẓah al Wādī al Jadīd )

12-649: A number of cities, towns and oases. As of 2018, Kharga Oasis , and Dakhla Oasis were the two places in New Valley with a population of over 15,000. Farafra Oasis and Baris Oasis are also in New Valley. 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: New Valley also contains some farming areas created by

18-547: Is Kharga . New Valley Governorate is named after the New Valley Project , which aims to irrigate parts of the Western Desert. The governorate is divided into municipal divisions with a total estimated population, as of January 2024, at 270,854 . In the case of New Valley governorate, there is one kism with urban and rural parts, and four marakiz . In an effort to decentralize the administration of Kharga, it

24-500: 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 . 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

30-654: The New Valley project, like Sharq El Owainat . Violent clashes were reported in the New Valley Governorate on February 8–9, 2011 as part of the 2011 Egyptian revolution . 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. On 19 July 2014, unidentified gunmen ambushed

36-440: Was divided into four sections effective 19 June, 2018. 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. In 2018 the population was 245,000, with an urbanization rate of 46.7%. New Valley has

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