Oasis Bakhariyaoazis Bakhary
Bakhary's oasis - smallest of 4 hollows. Its length of only 94 km, and width of 42 km, its desert basis and low slopes were formed of sandstone of the Cretaceous covered with limestone and basalt of the eotsenovy period. Though it is higher than other 3rd oases above sea level, level of ground waters here is closest to a surface that simplifies the company here agriculture. It is clear that at the time of the Average kingdom the oasis was under the power of Pharaohs when Zezes (as the oasis was known) exported wine to the Plain of Nile. During Bakhary's late period prospered, serving as an artery between Egypt and Libya. During Islamic times the Arab armies, dealers and pilgrims passed through it. Now tourists who wish to take pleasure in hot sources and palm groves here direct or to make a safari in dunes or rocky formations of the Libyan Desert.
As well as in the majority of oases, people, sources and palm groves are scattered on a hollow. Though Bakhariya occupies 120 square km, least the 1st percent of the earth is truly cultivated, date palm trees, olives, fruit trees, vegetables, rice and grain here are grown up. After catastrophic sliding of soil 70 years ago when 32 sources have dried, 63 900 trees were lost and тыщи people have emigrated to Cairo, the population has again ascended to 60 open companies, including more than 5000 settlers from Fayum. The most part of the families living here many generations, the Saudi origin or are descendants of refugees of Senussi from Libya.
Travel from Cairo (360 km) begins from pyramids in Giza which are visible when you drive to the Libyan Desert. Soon then you pass the city on October 6, one of the new satellite towns, created for reduction of overpopulation of Cairo. To reduce boredom from a skreshcheniye of the flat, monotonous desert, transport on the road stops at not well-groomed rest house (where submit biscuits, фуль, easy drinks and are toilets). Nearby there passes the steel road for подвоза ores on the steelmaking enterprise in Helvan who is delivered by the big mine giving a metal colour to the surrounding desert. Soon after arrival in an oasis Bakhary Road passes through the gravelly road to the settlement El-Harra and other back roads to villages Mandisha and Aguz. Do not leave in any these places, wait the strip end in the capital of an oasis of Baviti.
Thanks to proximity to Cairo the oasis gets to a zone of responsibility of Management of Giza that means that if you call from Cairo, you should not use a prefix 02 before telephone number. Certain subscribers have still kept six-place numbers заместо more vserasprostranenny seven-element. Reception of mobile phones the various: MobilNil has a vast covering, but Vodafone is limited by radius of 5 km from Baviti.
