Is the largest oasis and the capital of the New Valley Governorate (El Wadi El Gedid) in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is located about 580 km away from Cairo.
A large number of the inhabitants earn their living from practicing some handcrafts such as basket making, manual carpets and mats using the wool of their cattle.
The archeological sites of the oasis are rich with ruins of fortresses. Some of these fortresses were big settlements with mud-brick constructions. On top of places that are worth seeing in El Kharga are Temple Of Hibis. Additionally, the oasis is blessed with some Sulfuric water springs.

Al Dier (El Munira Monastery)
One of the most impressive in the North Kharga , the fortress of the village of El Munira (north of El Kharga Oasis) lies about 20 km northeast of Qasr Kharga and 9 km from the oasis .
In the Christian era this monastery (also known as El Deir and Deir el-Ghanayim) was converted into a big monastery (now in ruins). It was once one of the oasis' oldest fortresses built during the Roman times.

Temple of Hibis
About 2 km from the city of El Kharga lies the well-preserved Temple of Hibis in an ancient city with the same name. It is by far the largest and finest of temples from Egypt’s 200 years under Persian rulers. Dating back to the 27th Dynasty and erected by King Darius I, under the Persian Rule, the temple was built within a fortress and was surrounded by a lake (now disappeared).
It was dedicated to God Amun (Amoun or Amen), his wife Mut and their son Khonsu (Khunso).
On the temple's walls, were found traditional scenes of making offerings to the Triad of Amoun and to other gods.

El Bagawat Necropolis
The necropolis of El Bagawat lies behind the Temple of Hibis in El Kharga Oasis.
Built of mud brick, the cemetery comprises more than 260 tombs that resemble small churches from the Christian era. The oldest tomb dates back to the 3rd century and the latest to the 7th century. In the middle of the cemetery, there is one of the oldest churches in Egypt  that dates back to the 11th century AD. During the 5th century, Bishop Nestorius was exiled to Bagawat for having claimed that only one of Jesus' natures had suffered on the cross; namely the earthly nature, rather than the divine.​