Kharga to host its first ever zoo at LE 10M

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Fri, 26 Oct 2018 - 12:22 GMT

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FILE- April helps her newly born unamed baby giraffe stand at the Animal Adventure Park, in Harpursville, New York, U.S. April 15, 2017. Animal Adventure Park/Handout via REUTERS

FILE- April helps her newly born unamed baby giraffe stand at the Animal Adventure Park, in Harpursville, New York, U.S. April 15, 2017. Animal Adventure Park/Handout via REUTERS

KHARGA, Egypt - 26 October 2018: Egypt's city of Kharga in New Valley will host its first ever zoo soon, at a total cost of L.E. 10 million.

The first phase of the zoo was inaugurated by the Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani on Friday. The ceremony was attended by New Valley Governor Mohamed el Zamalout, 17 ambassadors and several tourists.

Egypt's most famous and historic zoo is located in Giza.

The Giza Zoo is the biggest animal park in the Middle East, and it was opened for the public in 1891 during the rule of Khedive Tawfiq. Many kinds of rare and endangered animals and birds live in the park and have successfully bred there.

The Zoological Museum, the first and largest of its kind in the Middle East, is located inside the zoo. It displays mummified animals from all over the region and Africa.

In January, the Giza Zoo received for the first time two Red Kangaroos coming from Slovakia.

MENA contributed to this report

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