Luxor Governorate

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Luxor Governorate is an administrative region in Upper Egypt centered on the ancient city of Luxor, renowned for its concentration of Pharaonic archaeological sites such as the Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luxor Governorate canonical 29
Luxor Governorate, Egypt 1
Luxor region 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governorate of Egypt
administrativeCenter Luxor
borderedBy Aswan Governorate
Qena Governorate
Red Sea Governorate
capital Luxor
climate hot desert climate
contains Colossi of Memnon
Deir el-Bahri
surface form: Deir el-Bahari

Karnak Temple Complex
Luxor Temple
Medinet Habu
Ramesseum
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
Luxor
surface form: city of Luxor
country Egypt
daylightSavingTimeZone UTC+3
economySector agriculture
tourism
establishedAsGovernorate 2009
governorateCode EG-LX
governorTitle Governor of Luxor
hasAirport Luxor International Airport
hasCity Armant
Esna
Luxor
Tiba
hasCulturalSignificance center of ancient Theban civilization
hasHeritage Ancient Egyptian archaeological sites
hasNecropolis Theban Necropolis
hasTempleComplex Karnak Temple Complex
surface form: Karnak

Luxor Temple
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
knownFor Pharaonic monuments
UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage Sites

archaeological tourism
languageVariety Egyptian Arabic
locatedIn Upper Egypt
locatedOn Nile
surface form: Nile River
majorRiver Nile
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Egypt
surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
previouslyPartOf Qena Governorate
primaryReligion Islam
regionType administrative division
timeZone Eastern European Time
UTC+2
touristDestinationType cultural tourism
heritage tourism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luxor isCapitalOf Luxor Governorate
Luxor governorate Luxor Governorate
Upper Egypt hasPart Luxor Governorate
Aswan Governorate bordersGovernorate Luxor Governorate
South Valley University hasCampusIn Luxor Governorate
Qena Governorate borderedBy Luxor Governorate
Red Sea Governorate bordersGovernorate Luxor Governorate
Valley of the Queens locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Colossi of Memnon locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Karnak Temple Complex locatedInGovernorate Luxor Governorate
Luxor International Airport locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Sa'idi Arabic hasRegion Luxor Governorate
Waset modernSite Luxor Governorate
Luxor Temple locatedInGovernorate Luxor Governorate
Luxor Bridge locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Luxor Museum locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Sohag Governorate borderedBy Luxor Governorate
Mummification Museum in Luxor locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Deir el-Bahri locatedIn Luxor Governorate
Theban Necropolis locatedInGovernorate Luxor Governorate
Seti I burialSiteLocation Luxor Governorate
this entity surface form: Luxor Governorate, Egypt
New Valley Governorate borderedBy Luxor Governorate
Cairo–Aswan highway connectsGovernorate Luxor Governorate
KV8 locatedIn Luxor Governorate
West Valley locatedIn Luxor Governorate
this entity surface form: Luxor region
Wadi al-Muluk locatedIn Luxor Governorate
el-Colossat locatedInGovernorate Luxor Governorate
KV15 governorate Luxor Governorate
First Pylon locatedIn Luxor Governorate