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Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر) is the premier travel destination in Upper (southern) Egypt and the Nile Valley. Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر l-aqṣur, Egyptian Arabic) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population of Luxor is 422,407 (2021), with an area of approximately 417 square kilometers (161 sq mi). It is among the oldest inhabited cities in the world.
The modern city includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Waset, also known as Nut (Coptic: ⲛⲏ), and to the Greeks as Thebes or Diospolis. Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-air museum", as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile, lie the monuments, temples, and tombs of the west bank Necropolis, which includes the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.
Thousands of tourists from all around the world arrive annually to visit these monuments, contributing greatly to the economy of the modern city.