Farafra

Farafra is an oasis in the of Egypt about 200 km north-south and 90 km east-west including various satellite oases such as Abu Minqar. Although it is the second largest inhabited Egyptian depression, it has the smallest population and the fewest settlements.
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  • Valley with an elevation of 76 metres (249 feet)
  • …has 5,000 residents
  • Description: depression in the Western Desert, Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Al Farāfirah”
    “El Farafra Oasis”
    “Farafra, Egypt”
    “Qasr al Farafirah”
    “Qasr Farafra”

Farafra

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Latitude
27.0642° or 27° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
27.9684° or 27° 58′ 6″ east
Open location code
7GV93X79+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2662977098
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Geo­Names ID
350661
Wiki­data ID
Q647638

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Farafra” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Farafra”
  • Arabic: “الفرافرة”
  • Arabic: “واحة الفرافرة”
  • Armenian: “Ֆարաֆրա”
  • Bengali: “ফারাফ্রা, মিশর”
  • Bulgarian: “Фарафра”
  • Catalan: “Farafra”
  • Cebuano: “Qaşr al Farāfirah”
  • Chinese: “法拉夫拉，埃及”
  • Danish: “Farafra”
  • Dutch: “Farafra”
  • Dutch: “Farafraoase”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الفرافره”
  • Esperanto: “Farafra”
  • Finnish: “Farafra, Egypti”
  • Finnish: “Farafra”
  • French: “Al-Farafra”
  • Georgian: “ფარაფრა”
  • German: “al-Farafra”
  • German: “Farafra”
  • German: “Farāfra”
  • Greek: “Φαράφρα”
  • Gujarati: “ફારફ્રા, ઇજિપ્ટ”
  • Hebrew: “פראפרה”
  • Hindi: “फराफ्रा, इजिप्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Farafra-oázis”
  • Hungarian: “Faráfra-oázis”
  • Indonesian: “Kalender Ayam”
  • Italian: “Farafra”
  • Japanese: “ファラフラ”
  • Kannada: “ಫರಾಫ್ರಾ, ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್”
  • Korean: “파라프라 사막”
  • Latvian: “Farafra, Ēģipte”
  • Lithuanian: “Farafra”
  • Malay: “Farafra, Egypt”
  • Malayalam: “ഫറഫ്ര, ഈജിപ്ത്”
  • Marathi: “फराफ्रा, इजिप्त”
  • Mingrelian: “ფარაფრა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Farafra”
  • Norwegian: “Farafra”
  • Persian: “فرافره”
  • Polish: “Al-Farafira”
  • Portuguese: “Oásis de Farafra”
  • Russian: “Фарафра”
  • Scots: “Farafra Oasis”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Farafra”
  • Serbian: “Бела пустиња”
  • Sinhala: “ෆරෆ්රා ,ඊජිප්තුව”
  • Spanish: “Depresion de Farafra”
  • Spanish: “Depresión de Farafra”
  • Spanish: “Farafra”
  • Swedish: “Farafra”
  • Tamil: “பராபிரா , எகிப்து”
  • Telugu: “ఫరాఫ్రా, ఈజిప్ట్”
  • Thai: “ฟาราฟรา”
  • Turkish: “Farafra Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Фарафра”
  • Urdu: “فارافرا ، ایجپٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Farafra, Ai Cập”

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