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.
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 1,430,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Al Uqsur”, “Al Uqşur”, “EG-LX”, “El-Uksur”, “gouvernorat de Louxor”, “gubernio Luksoro”, “Luksoro”, “Luxor”, “Luxor guvernorat”, “Luxor(lalawigan)”, “Thebae”, “Аль-Уксур”, “ლუქსორი”, “الأقصر (محافظة)”, “الاقصر (محافظة)”, and “طيبه”
Places of Interest
Highlights: West Bank and Valley of the Kings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
El-Assasif
Village
Luxor Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.7° or 25° 42′ north
Longitude
32.65° or 32° 39′ east
Population
1,430,000
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
7GQJPM22+22
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Luxor Governorate” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “Luxor”
- Arabic: “الأقصر”
- Arabic: “محافظة الأقصر”
- Armenian: “Լուքսոր”
- Azerbaijani: “əl-Üqsür mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Луксор”
- Belarusian: “Люксор”
- Bengali: “Luxor”
- Bosnian: “Luxor”
- Bulgarian: “Луксор”
- Catalan: “Governació de Luxor”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Uqşur”
- Chinese: “卢克索省”
- Chinese: “樂蜀省”
- Chinese: “盧克索省”
- Czech: “Luxor”
- Danish: “Luxor”
- Dutch: “Luxor”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الأقصر”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الاقصر”
- Esperanto: “provinco Luksoro”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Luksoro”
- Estonian: “Luxori kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Luxorin kuvernementti”
- Finnish: “Luxorin kuvernoraatti”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Louxor”
- French: “Louxor”
- Galician: “Gobernación de Luxor”
- Georgian: “ლუქსორის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “al-Uqsur”
- German: “Gouvernement al-Uqsur”
- German: “Luxor”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Λούξορ”
- Hausa: “Luxor”
- Hebrew: “לוקסור”
- Hebrew: “מחוז לוקסור”
- Hindi: “लक्सर प्रांत”
- Hindi: “लक्सर मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Luxor”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Lucsar”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Luxor”
- Japanese: “ルクソール県”
- Javanese: “Luxor”
- Kazakh: “Luxor”
- Kirghiz: “Luxor”
- Korean: “룩소르주”
- Latin: “Al-Uqsur”
- Lithuanian: “Luksoro muchafaza”
- Macedonian: “Луксор (област)”
- Macedonian: “Луксор”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Luxor”
- Malay: “Luxor”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Luxor Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Luxor”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Luxor”
- Oromo: “Luxor”
- Panjabi: “Luxor”
- Persian: “استان اقصر”
- Polish: “Luksor”
- Portuguese: “Luxor”
- Pushto: “Luxor”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Luxor”
- Russian: “Луксор”
- Scots: “Luxor Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Луксор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luksor (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Luksor”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Luksor”
- Somali: “Luxor”
- South Azerbaijani: “اقصر اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Luxor”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Lúxor”
- Spanish: “Lúxor”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Luxor”
- Swedish: “Luxor”
- Tajik: “Ақсар”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Уқсур”
- Tatar: “Luxor”
- Tatar: “Луксор провинциясе”
- Telugu: “లక్సోర్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการลักซอร์”
- Turkish: “Luksor”
- Turkish: “Uksur”
- Ukrainian: “Луксор”
- Urdu: “محافظہ اقصر”
- Urdu: “محافظہ الاقصر”
- Uzbek: “Al-Uqsur muhofazasi”
- Uzbek: “Luxor”
- Waray (Philippines): “Luxor”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لکسر”
- Wu Chinese: “卢克索省”
- Zulu: “Luxor Governorate”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Izbat al Hajjah Duwah and Naj al Khutbah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ḑarīḩ Abū al Ḩajjāj al Uqşurī and Luxor Temple.
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