Bahariyya

Bahariyya is an oasis in the of Egypt. It is 370 km from Cairo, the closest of the five western oases, and it serves as a staging post for reaching the others.
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  • Valley with an elevation of 141 metres (463 feet)
  • …has 32,800 residents
  • Description: Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Al Wāḩāt al Baḩrīyah”
    “Baharîya Oasis”
    “Northern Oases”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ain el-Muftilla and Qasr el-Bawiti.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Hotel
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is a hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bawiti.

Town
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El-Bawiti is a town in the in .

Bahariyya

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Latitude
28.3572° or 28° 21′ 26″ north
Longitude
28.863° or 28° 51′ 47″ east
Open location code
7GWC9V47+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2662966644
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Geo­Names ID
359360
Wiki­data ID
Q738878

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bahariyya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الواحات البحرية”
  • Armenian: “Բահարիա”
  • Armenian: “Բահարիյա”
  • Bengali: “বাহারিয়া ওয়েসিস”
  • Bulgarian: “Бахария”
  • Catalan: “Bahariya”
  • Cebuano: “Al Baḩrīyah”
  • Cebuano: “Al Wāḩāt al Baḩrīyah”
  • Chinese: “巴哈利亚绿洲”
  • Chinese: “巴哈利雅綠洲”
  • Chinese: “巴哈里亚绿洲”
  • Chinese: “拜哈里耶綠洲”
  • Chinese: “拜哈里耶绿洲”
  • Danish: “Bahriyya-oasen”
  • Dutch: “Bahariya Oasis”
  • Dutch: “Bahariya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الواحات البحريه”
  • Esperanto: “Oazo Baĥarija”
  • Finnish: “Bahariya Oasis”
  • French: “Al-Bahariya”
  • French: “Oasis du Nord”
  • German: “Al Wāḩāt al Baḩrīyah”
  • German: “Bahariyya”
  • German: “Bahriya”
  • German: “Baḥrīya”
  • German: “el-Bahriya”
  • German: “Nördliche Oase”
  • Greek: “Όαση Μπαχαρίγια”
  • Gujarati: “બહારીયા ઓએસીસ”
  • Hausa: “Bahariya Oasis”
  • Hebrew: “נווה המדבר בחרייה”
  • Hindi: “बहारिया ओएसिस”
  • Hungarian: “Baharijja-oázis”
  • Hungarian: “Északi Oázis”
  • Indonesian: “Oasis Bahariya”
  • Italian: “Bahariya”
  • Japanese: “バハリヤ・オアシス”
  • Japanese: “バハレイヤ・オアシス”
  • Kabyle: “Baḥariyya”
  • Kannada: “ಬಹರಿಯಾ ಓಯಸಿಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Эль-Ваха-эль-Бахария қаласы”
  • Korean: “바하리야 오아시스”
  • Latin: “Oasis Parva”
  • Latvian: “Bahariaosasia”
  • Lithuanian: “Baharijos oazė”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės oazė”
  • Malay: “Bahariya Oasis”
  • Marathi: “बहार्या ओएसिस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bahariya Oasis”
  • Persian: “واحات البحریه”
  • Polish: “Al-Bahrijja”
  • Portuguese: “Bahariyya”
  • Russian: “Бахария”
  • Russian: “Северный оазис”
  • Sinhala: “බහරිය ඔඑසිස්”
  • Slovak: “Baharijské oázy”
  • Slovenian: “Bahariya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واحات البحریه”
  • Spanish: “Bahariya”
  • Spanish: “Oasis del Norte”
  • Swedish: “Al Wāḩāt al Baḩrīyah”
  • Swedish: “Bahariya”
  • Tamil: “பஹாரியா ஒயாஸிஸ்”
  • Telugu: “బహరియా ఓయాసిస్”
  • Thai: “บาฮาริยา โอเอซิส”
  • Turkish: “Bahariya Oasis”
  • Ukrainian: “Бахарія”
  • Ukrainian: “Оаза Бахарія”
  • Urdu: “بحریہ نخلستان”
  • Vietnamese: “Bahariya Oasis”

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