Luxor
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.
Blalonde, Public domain.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Valley of the Kings and West Bank.
Places of Interest
Discover Luxor Temple and Avenue of Sphinxes.
Avenue of Sphinxes
Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road…
Sidi Abou Al Hagag Al Aqsry Mosque
The Abu Haggag Mosque is a mosque in Luxor, in the Luxor Governorate of Egypt.
Villages in the Area
Discover El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
El-Assasif
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt.
Luxor
- City with about 202,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (290 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code LXR
- Description: city in southern Egypt
- Also known as“Al Uqsur (Luxor)”“El Aqsur”“El Kusur”“El Qusur”“El Uqsor”“El-Aksur”“Luqsor”
- Categories
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Latitude
25.7021° or 25° 42′ 8″ north
Longitude
32.6472° or 32° 38′ 50″ east
UN/LOCODE
EG LXR
Open location code
7GQJPJ2W+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Luxor” goes by many names.
LuxorAfrikaans
أقصرArabic
اثار الاقصرArabic
الاقصرArabic
مدينة الأقصرArabic
ԼուքսորArmenian
LuxorAsturian
əl-ÜqsürAzerbaijani
Əl-ÜqsürAzerbaijani
LuxorBasque
ЛуксорBelarusian
ЛюксорBelarusian
Эль-ЮксорBelarusian
লুক্সোরBengali
লোক্সোBengali
LouksorBreton
ЛуксорBulgarian
လူ့က်ဆော်မြို့Burmese
Al-UksurCatalan
Diòspolis MagnaCatalan
LuxorCatalan
ThebaiCatalan
LuxorCebuano
ئوکسوورCentral Kurdish
卢克索Chinese
樂蜀Chinese
盧克索Chinese
路克索Chinese
LuksorCroatian
LuxorCroatian
LuxorCzech
LuxorDanish
LuxorDutch
الاقصرEgyptian Arabic
لؤصرEgyptian Arabic
لقصرEgyptian Arabic
LuksoroEsperanto
LuxorEstonian
LuksorFinnish
LuxorFinnish
LuxorGalician
Luxor- الأقصرGalician
ლუქსორიGeorgian
ΛούξορGreek
લક્સરGujarati
LuxorHausa
לוקסורHebrew
लक्सरHindi
LuxorHungarian
LúxorIcelandic
LuxorIgbo
LuxorIndonesian
LucsarIrish
LuxorItalian
ルクソールJapanese
ルクソルJapanese
LuxorJavanese
LuqṣurKabyle
LuxorKalaallisut
ಲಕ್ಸಾರ್Kannada
ЛуксорKirghiz
Луксор шаарыKirghiz
룩소르Korean
LûksorKurdish
LuksoraLatvian
LuksorasLithuanian
ЛуксорMacedonian
LuxorMalagasy
LuxorMalay
LuxorMaltese
लुक्सोरMarathi
ლუქსორიMingrelian
लुक्सरNepali
اقصرNorthern Luri
LuxorNorwegian
LuxorNorwegian Bokmål
LuxorNorwegian Nynorsk
LoxòrOccitan (post 1500)
ЛуксорOssetian
ਲਕਸਰPanjabi
اقصرPersian
الاقصرPersian
Al-UksurPolish
LuksorPolish
LuxorPolish
Al UqsurQuechua
LuxorQuechua
LuxorRomanian
ЛуксорRussian
LuxorScots
An UcsurScottish Gaelic
LuxorScottish Gaelic
LuksorSerbian
ЛуксорSerbian
الأقصرSerbian
LuksorSerbo-Croatian
LuxorSerbo-Croatian
LuksorSilesian
ලක්සොර්Sinhala
LuxorSlovak
LuksorSlovenian
اقصرSouth Azerbaijani
LuxorSwahili
Al UqsurSwedish
LuxorSwedish
Al-UqṣurTagalog
LuxarTagalog
LuxerTagalog
LuxorTagalog
ал-УқсурTajik
УқсурTajik
அல்-உக்சுர்Tamil
லக்சோர்Tamil
லுஸோர்Tamil
ӘлөкъсерTatar
లగ్సర్Telugu
ลักซอร์Thai
El-UksurTurkish
LuksorTurkish
UksurTurkish
LuxorTwi
ЛуксорUkrainian
اقصرUrdu
الاقصرUrdu
Al-UqsurUzbek
LuxorVenetian
LouxorVietnamese
LuxorVietnamese
LuxorWaray (Philippines)
LuxorWelsh
لکسرWestern Panjabi
卢克索Wu Chinese
樂蜀Yue Chinese
LuxorZeeuws
LuxorZulu
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