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Siwa, an oasis in Egypt, is 80 km in length and 20 km wide, and is one of the most isolated spots in Egypt. It is located the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert. It is also known as Siwa Oasis, and for all practical purpose Siwa, Siwa Oasis, and City of Siwa are one - an ancient settlement of around 23,000 people, the majority being ethnic Berbers who speak a language called Siwi. The main economic activity of the people is agriculture, mainly growing dates and olives. This is an ancient settlement - anthropological and archaeological evidences indicate that the oasis has remained populated since at least 10th millennium BC. Coming to more recent past, Alexandra the Great had visited the place to consult the Oracle of Amun in 331 BC before his campaign in Per

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  • Siwa, an oasis in Egypt, is 80 km in length and 20 km wide, and is one of the most isolated spots in Egypt. It is located the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert. It is also known as Siwa Oasis, and for all practical purpose Siwa, Siwa Oasis, and City of Siwa are one - an ancient settlement of around 23,000 people, the majority being ethnic Berbers who speak a language called Siwi. The main economic activity of the people is agriculture, mainly growing dates and olives. This is an ancient settlement - anthropological and archaeological evidences indicate that the oasis has remained populated since at least 10th millennium BC. Coming to more recent past, Alexandra the Great had visited the place to consult the Oracle of Amun in 331 BC before his campaign in Per
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  • Siwa, an oasis in Egypt, is 80 km in length and 20 km wide, and is one of the most isolated spots in Egypt. It is located the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert. It is also known as Siwa Oasis, and for all practical purpose Siwa, Siwa Oasis, and City of Siwa are one - an ancient settlement of around 23,000 people, the majority being ethnic Berbers who speak a language called Siwi. The main economic activity of the people is agriculture, mainly growing dates and olives. This is an ancient settlement - anthropological and archaeological evidences indicate that the oasis has remained populated since at least 10th millennium BC. Coming to more recent past, Alexandra the Great had visited the place to consult the Oracle of Amun in 331 BC before his campaign in Persia. During the period of the Ancient Roman Empire, the oasis was used as a place for exile. Still coming to very recent period, Siwa had witnessed action both during the First World War as well as the Second World War. It was a base of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group though the base was taken over by Rommel's Afrika Korps of Nazi Germany. However, such eventful history has not diminished the charm of the great greenery, the oasis of Siwa. Tourists flock here, one of the most beautiful landscapes of Egypt. The region has a really beautiful climate, a little chilly in winter, rather hot in the summer and moderate in the spring and autumn. Lake Siwa located to the west of Siwa is a large saltwater lake. The nature's bounty has given Siwa another dimension: yes, it is a real oasis in the great sandy desert - there are about 1,000 sweet water springs which dot the landscape of Siwa. The water is not only sweet, it is believed to have medicinal properties.
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