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Luxor

Northern Africa

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.

Facts
Partially Attested
Area (sq km)
416 1
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 Year
3200 BCE 1
Infobox 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
284,952 1
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
89 1
Latitude
25.6967 degrees north 1
Longitude
32.6444 degrees east 1
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Egypt, Countries
North Africa, Regions
The Nile, Bodies of Water
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Origin Of

Karnak King List

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Source Wikipedia: Karnak King ListLead
Quote, Lead
was located in the southwest corner of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III, in the middle of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex, in modern Luxor, Egypt
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Luxor
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  • Lead section
    Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 (16.6 sq mi) and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    416.0
  • Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
    elevation_m = 89
  • Infobox: established_date
    3200 BC
  • Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Wikidata: Luxor
Wikidata Q130514, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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