Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt on the Nile, with a population of about 285,000, and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Built on and around the site of ancient Thebes, once the capital of pharaonic Egypt, Luxor is one of the world's great open-air museums, home to the temples of Karnak and Luxor and, across the river, the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, making tourism the core of its modern economy.
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Partially Attested
Area (sq km)Infobox area_total_km2 gives 416.0; the article prose separately gives a populated area of 208 km2 and a plain-text-extract figure of 43.0 km2, so more than one area figure circulates for Luxor. The infobox administrative total (416.0) is recorded. Founding YearInfobox records Founded: 3200 BC, an extremely early traditional date for the ancient settlement underlying modern Luxor (ancient Thebes), predating any continuously documented founding of the present-day municipality. Recorded as the earliest attested reference point, not a precise foundation event. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Connections
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Luxor
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox population_total field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
| population_total = 284,952
Infobox population_as_of field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
| population_as_of = 2023
Infobox area_total_km2 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
| area_total_km2 = 416.0
Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
| elevation_m = 89
Infobox established_date field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
| established_date = 3200 BC
- Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
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