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Kharga (khär`gə) or Al Kharijah (äl khär`ēnjä), large oasis (1986 pop. 38,544), S central Egypt, in the Libyan (Western) Desert. Populated chiefly by Arab Bedouins and Arab-speaking Berbers, the irrigated oasis produces cereals, vegetables, olives, dates, citrus fruits, and alfalfa. Cattle and poultry are also raised. Al Kharga, the chief settlement, is a rail terminus. The oasis was prosperous in ancient times, and there are ruins of temples built by the Achaemenids of ancient Persia and by the Romans.

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No references found			BSF formed its first women's battalion when 178 recruits passed out of the BSF's Subsidiary Training Centre at Kharga near Hoshiarpur on July 25. BSF deploys women guards on Pakistan border in Punjab by Asian News International Those who remained were working on a major temple in the Kharga Oasis. Friends of ancient Egypt; help solve a ROM mystery by Gibson, Gayle / ROM Magazine That same year she went for a 400-kilometer trek across the waterless desert between the oases of Farafra and Kharga in Egypt. A passion for the desert by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)			Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansiisk Khanuin-Gol Khanykov, Aleksandr Khanykov, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Khanykov, Nikolai Khanykov, Nikolai Vladimirovich Khanzadian, Sero Khanzadian, Sero Nikolaevich Khapcheranga Khappalaev, Iusup Khappalaev, Iusup Ramazanovich Khaqani Khara-Balgas Khara-Nur Khara-Us-Nur Kharabali Kharagpur kharaj Kharasch, Morris Kharaulakh Range Kharbin Kharchenko, Viktor Kharchenko, Viktor Kondratevich Kharg Kharga Kharia Kharichkov, Konstantin Kharichkov, Konstantin Vasilevich Kharijah Kharijah, Al Kharijite Kharijites Kharik, Izi Khariton Laptev Khariton Prokofevich Laptev Khariton, Iulii Khariton, Iulii Borisovich Kharitonov, Mikhail Kharitonovo Kharizomenov, Sergei Kharizomenov, Sergei Andreevich Kharj, Al- Khark Kharkevich, Aleksandr Kharkevich, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kharkevich, Vladimir Kharkevich, Vladimir Ivanovich Kharkiv Kharkov Kharkov Agricultural Institute			Khara Khorum Khara Khorum Khara-Balgas Khara-Nur Khara-Us-Nur Kharabali Kharabovsk Kharabovsk Kharagpur Kharaj Kharajite Kharajites Kharakhorin Kharakhorin Kharakhorum Kharakhorum Kharan Water Project Kharasch, Morris Kharaulakh Range Kharbin Kharbin Kharchenko, Viktor Kharchenko, Viktor Kondratevich Kharezmian Tatar Kharezmian Tatars Kharezmians Kharg Kharg Island Kharga Kharga Oasis Kharia Kharia language Kharichkov, Konstantin Kharichkov, Konstantin Vasilevich kharif Kharijah Kharijah, Al Khariji Kharijism Kharijite Kharijites Kharik, Izi Kharites Khariton Laptev Khariton Prokofevich Laptev Khariton, Iulii Khariton, Iulii Borisovich Kharitonov, Mikhail Kharitonovo Kharizomenov, Sergei Kharizomenov, Sergei Andreevich Kharj, Al- Kharja

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