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Al-Wādī al-Jadīd Shamāl Sīnāʾ Janūb Sīnāʾ Al-Jīzah Al-Sharqiyyah Al-Minūfiyyah Al-Gharbiyyah Al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar Al-Minyā Al-Buḥayrah