Wahat Al-kharijah, Al-

Also spelled �Kharga, or El-kharga, � oasis in the Libyan (Western) Desert, part of Al-Wadi al-Jadid (�New Valley�) muhafazah (governorate), in south-central Egypt. It is situated about 110 miles (180 km) west-southwest of Naj' Hammadi, to which it is linked by railroad. The name Wahat al-Kharijah means �outer oasis.� The oasis consists of two fertile zones, extending about 100 miles (160 km) north-south and from 12 to 50 miles (19 to 80 km) east-west, with an area of more