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Al-Hasa Oasis, also written Al-Ahsa, is an extensive oasis landscape in eastern Saudi Arabia shaped by springs, wells, canals, agricultural settlements, and large areas of date-palm cultivation. UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage Site in 2018 under the name Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural L...

Al Ain Oasis is a cultivated oasis in the city of Al Ain within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its date-palm groves and working falaj channels illustrate a traditional irrigation system that distributes groundwater through a managed network of waterways. The oasis forms part of the...

The Bam Oasis lies in Iran's Kerman Province and forms the setting of Bam and its Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage property. Its settlements and agriculture developed through qanat irrigation, which channels groundwater to an otherwise arid environment and supports date palms and other cr...

The Draa Valley oases form an irrigated corridor along the Draa River in southern Morocco, extending toward the Sahara through settlements, date palm groves, and cultivated plots. Water from the river and traditional irrigation systems supports agriculture in an otherwise arid region. The valley is...

Tozeur is an oasis city in southwestern Tunisia, situated north of the Chott el-Jerid salt lake near the Sahara. Its extensive palm groves are sustained by springs and a long-developed irrigation system, with date cultivation forming an important part of the local economy. The old quarter is disting...

Liwa Oasis is a chain of settlements and cultivated areas forming a broad arc in the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates. It lies along the northern edge of the Rub' al Khali, or Empty Quarter, and supports date palms through groundwater-based agriculture. Liwa is historicall...

Bahla Oasis is a historic settlement in Oman's Ad Dakhiliyah region, near the foothills of the Al Hajar Mountains. It is closely associated with Bahla Fort, a large mud-brick complex built and expanded by successive local rulers and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987. The surroundin...

Tafilalt is a large oasis region in southeastern Morocco, centered along the Ziz River and associated with settlements including Rissani. Its date palms and irrigated agriculture supported communities on routes linking North Africa with the Sahara and regions farther south. The oasis became an impor...

Nefta is a town and oasis in southwestern Tunisia, near the Algerian border and the Chott el Djerid salt lake. Its historic economy and settlement developed around springs and extensive date-palm groves, while its religious importance is associated with Sufi traditions, mosques, and the tombs of loc...

Douz Oasis is a large date palm oasis located in the Nefzaoua region of southern Tunisia, situated at the northern edge of the Grand Erg Oriental sand dunes. The town of Douz functions as a primary gateway to the Sahara Desert and has historically served as an important trading center for nomadic pa...

Hufuf Springs are the artesian springs within the Al-Ahsa (Hofuf) Oasis in eastern Saudi Arabia, supplying one of the largest irrigated agricultural areas in the Arabian Peninsula for thousands of years.

Bou Noura is an oasis town and one of the five cities forming the M'Zab Valley pentapolis in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. Founded by the Ibadi Muslim community, these settlements are renowned for their traditional Mozabite architecture and urban planning adapted to the desert environment. The M'Zab V...

Old Dongola is an archaeological site and former capital of the medieval Christian kingdom of Makuria, located on the Nile in what is now northern Sudan. The city thrived from approximately the 7th to the 14th century and served as a major political and religious center for the Nubian region. Today,...

El Oued Oasis is an Algerian oasis city in El Oued Province, known as the 'City of a Thousand Domes' for its distinctive traditional architecture, and a major date-producing center in the northern Algerian Sahara.

Wadi Souf, commonly called the Souf, is an oasis region of northeastern Algeria centered on El Oued. Its traditional agriculture is distinguished by ghouts, deep bowl-shaped excavations made among the dunes so that date-palm roots can approach the shallow water table without surface irrigation. This...

Al-Qatif Oasis is a historic coastal oasis in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, near the Persian Gulf. Sustained by springs and groundwater, it supported extensive date-palm cultivation and permanent settlement in an otherwise arid region. Its long habitation and position near Gulf maritime routes ma...

Qatif Oasis is a historic oasis and settled region on the coast of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, bordering the Persian Gulf. Its groundwater, fertile soils, and extensive date-palm cultivation supported agriculture and permanent communities in an otherwise arid environment. Qatif has long been co...

Biskra Oasis is an Algerian oasis city at the northern edge of the Sahara in Biskra Province, historically known as the 'Queen of the Zibans' and the gateway to the desert, famously visited by André Gide in the 1890s.

Tabas is an oasis city in Iran's South Khorasan Province, situated near the Dasht-e Kavir desert. Its springs have supported date palms, agriculture, and Persian garden traditions, including the historic Golshan Garden, whose water channels and vegetation contrast with the surrounding arid landscape...

Garmeh Oasis is a rural oasis settlement in central Iran's Dasht-e Kavir, where springs and groundwater support date palms and other vegetation around a mud-brick village. Its combination of desert scenery, traditional buildings, and cultivated greenery has made it associated with small-scale desert...

Sidi Okba Oasis is an oasis and settlement in Biskra Province, Algeria, named for Uqba ibn Nafi, the Arab commander who was killed in the region in 683. The historic Sidi Okba Mosque and mausoleum were built around his tomb, and the surviving complex is regarded as one of Algeria's earliest Islamic...

Laghouat Oasis is the historic Saharan oasis city that serves as the capital of Algeria's Laghouat Province. Located in the Saharan Atlas region, it developed around water sources and date-palm cultivation, giving it the role of a settlement and gateway between northern Algeria and the Sahara. Frenc...

Erfoud Oasis is a Moroccan oasis town in Errachidia Province at the edge of the Sahara, widely known as the gateway to the Tafilalet palm grove and a major source of Moroccan fossil and marble products.

Tolga is a town and municipality in Biskra Province, in the Ziban region of northeastern Algeria. It is an irrigated Saharan oasis whose date-palm groves are especially associated with Deglet Nour, a date variety cultivated across the region and traded beyond Algeria. The settlement's identity is cl...

Touggourt Oasis is an Algerian oasis city and capital of Touggourt Province in the northeastern Sahara, historically a significant caravan crossroads and now an agricultural center producing substantial quantities of dates.

An oasis in Algeria's Ghardaïa Province associated with the M'Zab Valley region, home to a mixed Ibadi and Maliki Muslim population on the northern Saharan fringe.

An oasis in Algeria's Ghardaïa Province historically associated with the Chaamba nomadic tribe, serving as a traditional desert market and caravan rest point in the northern Sahara.

Faya-Largeau is a town and oasis in northern Chad and the administrative capital of Borkou Region. Its groundwater and palm cultivation support settlement in the Sahara, while its position in the central Sahara gives it regional importance as an administrative and commercial center. During the Chadi...

Wadi Al-Dawasir Oasis is an agricultural valley and settlement area in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Region. In a landscape dominated by desert, groundwater and irrigation support date palms, wheat, and other crops, giving agriculture a central role in the local economy. The name is also used for Wadi Al-Da...