Wadi al Shati, sometimes referred to as Ashati, is one of the central-west districts of Libya. The area is mostly desert. Wadi al Shati District is named after the depression of the same name, Wadi Alshati. To the west, Wadi al Shati borders the Illizi Province of Algeria. After the 2007 administrative reorganization of districts, it borders on Nalut in northwest, Jabal al Gharbi in the north, Jufra in the east, Sabha in the southeast, Wadi al Hayaa in the south and Ghat in the southwest.