New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert, between the Nile, northern Sudan, and southeastern Libya.
Image: Kharga Well
Image: Coat of arms of New Valley Governorate
Kharga Oasis, with the Temple of Hibis; the Western Desert cliffs at the back
Wadi Sura Swimmers
Egypt is divided, for the purpose of public administration, according to a three-layer hierarchy and some districts are further subdivided, creating an occasional fourth layer. It has a centralized system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive.
Egyptian Population Density in pre-2013 administrative divisions[needs update]