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al-Wāḥ al-Juwwānī

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Coordinates
27° 0′ 0″ N, 28° 41′ 59″ E
Other name
al-Wāḥ al-Dākhila

Notes

Medieval Arabic geographical works refer to inner (dākhila) and outer (khārija) districts of the oasis region of western Egypt; the inner district included not only present-day al-Dākhila but also al-Farāfra and al-Baḥriyya (see De Troia, "The Oases of Egypt's Western Desert from Byzantine to Islamic Rule," Journal of Late Antiquity 15.1 (277–303)).