Country Egypt Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 55 km² Capital Luxor | Seat Luxor (capital) Website Luxor Population 1.119 million (2014) | |
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Points of interest Karnak, Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Colossi of Memnon, Luxor Temple | ||
Luxor Governorate (Egyptian Arabic: محافظة الأقصر Muḥāfẓet El Loʾṣor) has been one of Egypt's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation from the Qena Governorate. It is located 635 km south of Cairo. It is currently the smallest governorate in Egypt, spanning approximately 5 km from north to south, and 1.5 km from east to west, and lies in Upper Egypt along the Nile. The city of Luxor is the capital of the Luxor governorate. The government is studying the possibility of extending the boundaries of the governorate to include the neighboring towns of Armant and Esna.
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Map of Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Emblem
The emblem of Luxor represents the bust of Tutankhamun on board of an Ancient Egyptian canoe boat, cruising in the Nile, with an obelisk and the sun light in the background.
Geography
The governorate's total area is 55 km2, representing 0.24% of the country's area.
Population
At the 2012 census, the population of the area which in 2009 was formed into the new Luxor Governorate was 1,064,000 people. 47.4% of them lived in urban areas, while 52.6% lived in rural areas. The annual population growth rate is 18.2 per thousand. Population estimates from 2015 puts the same figure at 1,147,058 with an urbanization rate of 37.8%.
Industrial zones
According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), in affiliation with the Ministry of Investment (MOI), the following industrial zones are located in this governorate: