Luxor
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Luxor |
| Geography | |
| Contact | 32 39 '00 "North 25 43 '00 "East / 32.65, 25.7166 |
| Area | 41 600 ha = 416 km 2 |
| Demography | |
| Population | 437 710 inhabitants (2007). |
| Density | 1 052.2 inhabitants / km 2 |
Luxor (Luxor or French) ( Arabic : Al Uqsur) is a city located on the right bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt , located about 700 km south of Cairo and about 300 km north of Aswan. According to the 2006 census - all of whom live directly or indirectly from tourism - which puts it the ninth largest Egyptian cities.
This is the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.
The site of Luxor, with over four million visitors a year, is one of the most touristic places of Egypt and is the southern part of ancient Thebes. His temple, linked to that of Karnak by a dromos , long driveway lined with sphinxes , was built in - XIV century in the reign of Amenhotep III. It was subsequently amended by Ramses II , who added including six monumental statues and two obelisks, one of which one , offered to France in 1831, adorns since the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
Summary |
Historical sites
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Luxor Temple Nile seen
Luxor Temple
- the temple of Luxor ;
- the Luxor Museum.
Notes
- Population of Egypt
- 274 074 inhabitants in the 1986 Census, 360,503 inhabitants per the 1996 census, 437,710 people expected in 2007.
See also
External link
 | Ancient Egypt Portal History ( C ) Geography ( C ) Mythology ( C ) Gods ( C ) Art ( C ) / Pyramid ( C ) Science ( C ) Everyday life ( C ) / Political Organization / Pharaohs |
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