Luxor

Summary

Luxor is a city^[1]. Luxor ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,838 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Luxor was a member of League of Historical Cities^[3].
• Luxor is located in Luxor Governorate^[4].
• Luxor is in the country of Egypt^[5].
• Luxor's image is recorded as LuxorHotelsIbnWalidSt.jpg^[6].
• Luxor's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].
• Luxor's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Luxor's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[9].
• Luxor's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Luxor's flag image is recorded as Eg luxor1.png^[11].
• Luxor's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem Luxor Governorate.jpg^[12].
• Luxor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kazanlak^[13].
• Luxor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Baltimore^[14].
• Luxor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Parintins^[15].
• Luxor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shenzhen^[16].
• Luxor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brasília^[17].
• Luxor's ISNI is recorded as 0000000098624487^[18].
• Luxor's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146202496^[19].
• Luxor's GND ID is recorded as 4074401-2^[20].
• Luxor's locator map image is recorded as Luxor in Egypt (2011).svg^[21].
• Luxor's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83205199^[22].
• Luxor's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11954968z^[23].
• Luxor's postal code is recorded as 85511^[24].
• Luxor's Commons category is recorded as Luxor^[25].
• Luxor's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[26].
• Luxor's local dialing code is recorded as 0952^[27].

Body

Geography

Luxor is in the country of Egypt^[5]. Luxor is located in Luxor Governorate^[4]. Luxor's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Luxor's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+416'}^[28]. Luxor's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+89'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+202232'}^[30], {'amount': '+153758'}^[31], {'amount': '+126160'}^[32], {'amount': '+284952'}^[33], {'amount': '+268640'}^[34], and {'amount': '+250704'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], tourist attraction^[9], and big city^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Luxor include Luxor Resort & Casino^[36], a skyscraper^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1993^[39]; Luxor International Airport^[40], an international airport^[41], in Egypt^[42]; Luxor AB^[43], a business^[44], in Sweden^[45], founded in 1923^[46], headquartered in Motala^[47]; and New Luxor^[48], a city^[49], in Egypt^[50].

Why It Matters

Luxor ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,838 views/month).^[2] Luxor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Luxor is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for Luxor include Luxor Resort & Casino^[36], a skyscraper^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1993^[39]; Luxor International Airport^[40], an international airport^[41], in Egypt^[42]; Luxor AB^[43], a business^[44], in Sweden^[45], founded in 1923^[46], headquartered in Motala^[47]; and New Luxor^[48], a city^[49], in Egypt^[50].