Luxor Governorate

Luxor Governorate, which the Statoids reference lists under the transliteration Al Uqsur, is a first-level governorate of Egypt. It was officially split from Qina Governorate by decree of President Hosni Mubarak on 7 December 2009, although the Statoids editor notes seeing evidence as early as 2001 that had proved misleading. The governorate is very compact, with a listed area of 55 square kilometres, about 21 square miles, and a population of 451,318 at the census of 11 November 2006. Its capital is the city of Luxor, which has its own entry in this atlas, and variant spellings of the name include Al-Qusur, Al-Uqsor and Luxur City.