Luxor Governorate
Luxor has been one of Egypt's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation from the Qena Governorate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of Egypt with 1,430,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Al Uqşur” and “Luxor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Bank and Valley of the Kings.
West Bank
Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West Bank of Luxor in Egypt is also the gateway to the amazing Valley of the Kings, and a string of pharaonic mortuary temples vies with the richly-decorated Tombs of the Nobles and the workmen's village, Deir el-Medineh, for the visitors’ attention.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.
Luxor Temple
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
El-Assasif
Village
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El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 5 km northwest of Luxor Governorate.
Luxor Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Luxor Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأقصر (محافظة)”
- Arabic: “الأقصر”
- Arabic: “الاقصر (محافظة)”
- Arabic: “محافظة الأقصر”
- Arabic: “محافظة الاقصر”
- Armenian: “Լուքսոր”
- Azerbaijani: “əl-Üqsür mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Луксор”
- Belarusian: “Люксор”
- Bosnian: “Luxor”
- Bulgarian: “Луксор”
- Catalan: “Governació de Luxor”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Uqşur”
- Chinese: “Luxor Séng”
- Chinese: “卢克索省”
- Chinese: “樂蜀省”
- Chinese: “盧克索省”
- Czech: “Luxor”
- Danish: “Luxor”
- Dutch: “Al Uqsur”
- Dutch: “Luxor”
- Egyptian Arabic: “طيبه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الأقصر”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الاقصر”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Luksoro”
- Estonian: “Luxori kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Luxorin kuvernementti”
- Finnish: “Luxorin kuvernoraatti”
- French: “gouvernorat de Louxor”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Louxor”
- French: “Louxor”
- Galician: “Gobernación de Luxor”
- Georgian: “ლუქსორი”
- Georgian: “ლუქსორის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “al-Uqsur”
- German: “EG-LX”
- German: “Gouvernement al-Uqsur”
- German: “Luxor”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Λούξορ”
- Hebrew: “לוקסור”
- Hebrew: “מחוז לוקסור”
- Hindi: “लक्सर मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Luxor”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Lucsar”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Luxor”
- Japanese: “ルクソール県”
- Korean: “룩소르주”
- Latin: “Al-Uqsur”
- Latin: “Thebae”
- Lithuanian: “Luksoro muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Луксор (област)”
- Macedonian: “Луксор”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Luxor”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Luxor Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Luxor”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Luxor”
- Persian: “استان اقصر”
- Polish: “Luksor”
- Portuguese: “Luxor”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Luxor”
- Russian: “Луксор”
- Scots: “Luxor Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Luxor Governorate”
- Serbian: “Луксор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luksor (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luksor”
- Slovenian: “EG-LX”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Luksor”
- Slovenian: “Luksor”
- South Azerbaijani: “اقصر اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Luxor”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Lúxor”
- Spanish: “Luxor”
- Spanish: “Lúxor”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Luxor”
- Swedish: “Luxor guvernorat”
- Swedish: “Luxor”
- Tajik: “Ақсар”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Уқсур”
- Tajik: “Луксор”
- Tatar: “Луксор провинциясе”
- Telugu: “లక్సోర్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการลักซอร์”
- Turkish: “El-Uksur”
- Turkish: “Luksor”
- Turkish: “Uksur”
- Ukrainian: “Аль-Уксур”
- Ukrainian: “Луксор”
- Urdu: “محافظہ اقصر”
- Urdu: “محافظہ الاقصر”
- Waray (Philippines): “Luxor(lalawigan)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Luxor”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لکسر”
- Wu Chinese: “卢克索省”
- Zulu: “Luxor Governorate”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ḑarīḩ Abū al Ḩajjāj al Uqşurī and Luxor Temple.
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