 Wadi al Shati District is named after the depression (former lakebed) of the same name, Wadi Ashati.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.