Luxor
Luxor([الأقصرAl Aqṣur]error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a ceety in Upper (soothren)Egypan the caipital oLuxor Govrenorate.The population numbers 487,896 (2010 estimate),[1]wi an aurie o approximately 416 square kilometres (161 sq mi).[2]As the site o theAuncient Egyptianceety oThebes,Luxor haes frequently been characterized as the "warld's greatest open air museum", as the ruins o the temple complexes atKarnakanLuxorstand athin the modren ceety. Immediately opposite, athort theRiver Nile,lie the monuments, temples an tombs on the Wast BankNecropolis,which include theValley o the KeengsanValley o the Queens.Thoosans o internaitional tourists arrive annually tae visit these monuments, contributin a muckle pairt towards the economy for the modren ceety.
Internaitional relations
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Gallery
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Hot-air ballooning ower the wast bank
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Street mercat in Luxor
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Pharaonic statue inLuxor Temple
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Panoramic view o Luxor
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑World Gazetteer - Egypt: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population(retrieved 2010-7-27)
- ↑"luxor.gov.eg".Archived fraethe originalon 9 Juin 2007.Retrieved31 Januar2011.
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Coordinates:25°41′48″N32°38′40″E/ 25.6967°N 32.6444°E
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