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Siwa Oasis

The Siwa Oasis is in Egypt, Africa, located between the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea. The oasis is near Libya and ~560km from Cairo. During World War II, the British Army's Long Range Desert Group was based here.

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