Thebes was an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River, in Upper Egypt's fourth nome, whose ruins now lie within the modern city of Luxor. It served as Egypt's capital during much of the Middle and New Kingdoms and was the country's leading religious center, devoted to the chief deity Amun, and by around 1500 BC it had likely become the largest city in the world, with a population of about 75,000, a position it held until roughly 900 BC; ancient Thebes and its necropolis were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude25.720556 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Thebes, Egypt (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
-3200-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 25.720556, longitude 32.610278
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 78 m
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 25.7206,32.6103
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 79.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.75, 32.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.75, 32.75
25.75 32.75 BWh
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct ... 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
Thebes, Egypt (Wikipedia)
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