Luxor Governorate

Luxor has been one of 's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation from the .
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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.

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The of in is also the gateway to the amazing , 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.

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The is an archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the of . 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.

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The is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city of and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.

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is a city in . had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

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The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. is situated 5 km northwest of Luxor Governorate.

Luxor Governorate

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
Geo­Names ID
7603259
Wiki­data ID
Q30797
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Luxor Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “Luxor”
  • Arabic: “الأقصر (محافظة)”
  • Arabic: “الأقصر”
  • Arabic: “الاقصر (محافظة)”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الأقصر”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الاقصر”
  • 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: “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: “gubernio Luksoro”
  • Esperanto: “Luksoro”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Luksoro”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Latin: “Thebae”
  • 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: “Luxor Governorate”
  • Serbian: “Луксор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luksor (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luksor”
  • Slovenian: “EG-LX”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Luksor”
  • Slovenian: “Luksor”
  • Somali: “Luxor”
  • 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: “Luxor”
  • 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”
  • Uzbek: “Luxor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Luxor(lalawigan)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Luxor”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لکسر”
  • Wu Chinese: “卢克索省”
  • Zulu: “Luxor Governorate”

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