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The governorate is located on an area of 2959. 6 km² .It has a population of one and a half million people. It is divided Luxor Governorate into 9 Cities:

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 Luxor, Al Bayadiya, Al Qurna, Armant, Tod, Esna, New Luxor, New Tibah, and Al Zainia. It is bordered to the north by Qena Governorate 56 km, to the south by Aswan Governorate by 220 km, to the east by the Red Sea Governorate 280 km and to the west by the New Valley Governorate 337, and it is about 670 km from the Egyptian capital Cairo.

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Luxor divided into two parts, the eastern part, and the western part.

On the eastern bank of the Nile was the actual city with palaces and temples of veneration. On the western side of the Nile lies the area of the dead, here were the tombs of the secret cemetery of kings in the distant Valley of the Kings, the nobles, workers, princes, and the Valley of the Queens, along the banks, the kings built their memorial temple.

The climate

Luxor has a dry desert climate with little rain, but sometimes torrential rain falls on the hills and mountains in the Eastern Desert.

Winter is characterized by being warm and sunny weather from October to May and very hot summer from May to October, and temperatures in summer range

from 33 to 45 degrees Celsius and in winter from 15.5 to 8.5 degrees Celsius.

Economy

Tourism

Luxor relies on tourism, mainly as a source of income, where 90% of its population works in tourism, especially in the hotel sector, Nile cruises, sailing boats, horse carriages, restaurants, tourism companies, tour guides, taxi drivers and other jobs related to tourism.

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 Luxor has nearly a third of the world's antiquities, about 14 of the most important Egyptian temples and about 600 tombs such as Luxor Temple, Karnak Temple, Luxor Museum, Mummification Museum, Valley of the Kings, Deir el-Bahari Temple, Valley of the Queens, Deir El-Madina, and Ramesseum Temple, a statue of Memnon.

Therefore, it is considered one of the most important cultural tourist destinations in the world that tourists from all over the world visit.

Agricultural

The agricultural area in Luxor is limited  ranging on the Nile valley, from the Al-Dababiya limestone plateau in the east to the limestone plateau in the Valley of the Kings on the west about 30 to 40 km,from Al-Sharawneh borders in the south to Al-Ashy borders in the north about 87 km length.The agricultural production in Luxor is diverse, especially in the desert area.Luxor produces many types of vegetables and fruits such as wheat, corn, beans, lentils, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, lettuce, potatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, parsley, coriander, mallow, okra, zucchini, mangoes, grapes, dates, guavas, melons, melons, and sugar cane, orange.

Industry

There is one sugar factory in Luxor, but it has many environmental and manual industries, the most important of which are spinning, carpets, papyrus, ceramics, alabaster, pottery, wood furniture, palm products, dairy products and honey. A new industrial city was established east of Luxor.

Important days

Province of Luxor is celebrated on 4 November each year with the National Day, on this day in 1922, Lord Carter discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb.

Every year there is a popular celebration where the birth of Sidi Abu Al-Hajjaj is celebrated 14 days before the month of Ramadan. Abu Al-Hajjaj is one of the righteous saints of God, known for his religiosity and has a high respect in Luxor.

This ceremony is similar to the ancient rituals of the Obit Festival, which is celebrated at the beginning of the flood season every year, with a golden statue of Amun from Karnak on the sacred boat and his golden cabin covered with a white curtain, accompanied by the audience, priests, musicians, dancers, incense-bearers, the king, his family and nobles.

In the celebration of the birth of Sidi Abu Al-Hajjaj, there was a sailing boat representing the boat that took him to Luxor, carried by a cart, a caravan of camels with brightly colored howdahs which means "bed carried by a camel", riders of Arabian horses.

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Also, the local people in their traditional dress (jalabiya), dancing a folk dance, stick-dancing game with a wooden stick, it's called in Arabic (TAHTIEB).

The rules of this game as a mock fight between two people, that is duel with a wooden thick stick, the winner is considered who can with his stick touch the opponent's head with a light touch or the body of the opponent three light touches. So it is a game that depends on camouflage, deception, speed of movement and speed of reaction to protect the head or body.

The ancient Egyptians recorded this sport on the walls of their temples, and they were interested in teaching it to the soldiers.

Do not forget to eat the kebab Abu hagag in these days, which is a small boiled kebab the size of a table tennis ball. It consists of wheat, spices, onions, meat, garlic and chopped coriander.

 

Luxor | The City of Hundred Gates

The City of Hundred Gates

The City of Hundred Gates

No, one does know exactly when Luxor was founded; it is likely that the city has been already in the Old Kingdom some kind of provincial capital. Luxor became the capital of all of Egypt, for the first time under the rule of King Montuhotep 11, at the time of the Middle Kingdom. It was the height of the Theban Kingdom in the New Kingdom, from where the greatest king of history ruled.

Luxor | The City of Hundred Gates

From this place Queen Hatshepsut sent her diplomatic missions to Punt, from here King Thutmose III planned his war battles, and here was the story of King Ramses II, whose name was recorded on his temples more than a hundred thousand times!

 Who founded in his time obelisks, temples, statues, and his wonderful temple in Abu Simbel, Also, he immortalized the name of his beloved beautiful, Nefertari, in Abu simple temple and in her magnificent, colorful tomb in the Valley of the Queens.

The Meaning of Luxor

 In the past, it had several names it was called “waste,”, meaning the government, and it was also called “Niot,” or “No-Amun,” meaning the city of Amun.

During the era of the modern state, it was called "Ta-Apet", which is the name of its holy places.

As for the city of the dead on the western site, it was called "Wast Amenet", meaning Western Thebes, and it was also called "Br Hator", meaning the house of Hathor, in reference to the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor.

During the Greco-Roman times, the region was called "Diospolis Magna" or "Diospolis Magna", meaning the great city of Zeus.  "Ta-Apet"it was later changed to "Tiba" or "Thebes", which Homer described in Ilias as the City of Hundred Gates, either because of the pylons of its temples or because of the gates of its fortified walls. 

The name "Luxor" is the Arabic name given to the city of Luxor, which represents the heart of the current governorate, which was newly created, is the plural of the word palace in reference to the remains of the city's temples or perhaps the city has many palaces that mean palaces in the Arabic word (Arabic: palaces) or castra from the Roman word for "fortresses".

Amun worship

Thebes was the city of the idol Amun, whose worship spread throughout Egypt, and Thebes was the center of this worship for Amun, with his wife Mute and son Khonsu, formed the sacred triad of Thebes.

 The City of Hundred Gates

All of the kings of Egypt offered Amun the obligations, obedience, and loyalty and Doing daily rituals in these temples to make the deities peaceful.

At the time of Akhenaten, Thebes again became the capital of the country, But Akhenaten changed the worship of Amon to the worship of Aton, so he was called the unbelieving king, then the temples and palaces of Akhenaten were destroyed. Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti moved to the Acket Aton (Tell al-Amarna) now, then transferred the capital to it, at this time the name of Thebes fell into oblivion.

During Tutankhamun's rule, the capital was moved again to Thebes. At the time of Ramses, it moved, this time to PR Ramse in the northeast (Tell Basta) now, but Thebes remained the religious capital.When the Pharaonic Empire ended, the Greeks also came to the south and sanctified the ancient Egyptian religion. Alexander the Great and his successors built chapels and temples in the Siwa Oasis where the Temple of Revelation is, as well as in Thebes and the surrounding area between Thebes and Aswan.

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The Red Sea Governorate is one of the longest governorates in Egypt. Its coastline extends on the Red Sea with a length of 1080 km, from the Gulf of Suez, to the borders of Sudan. It consists of 7 cities, 12 large villages and 27 small villages. The population is about 360000 people.

 Hurghada is considered one of its most important cities. It is located on the western shore of the Red Sea, and it is the capital of the governorate. It extends 40 km along the coastal strip of the Red Sea, with a total area of 460.5 km. It is one of the oldest ports, and it is known as one of the best diving centers in the world. 

It is bordered by the city of Ras Ghareb in the north, 143 km, in the south of Safaga, 61 km, in the east by the Red Sea, and in the west by the Red Sea Mountains, between 8 to 35 km.

The distance between Hurghada and Luxor in the south is 280 km, and Cairo in the north is 455 km.

Climate

 It is characterized by its bright sun, the moderate temperature throughout the year, a dry desert climate, and an average temperature ranging between 27 degrees Celsius and 18 degrees Celsius throughout the year.

Population

The population of Hurghada is about 90,000 people, and more than that is about 50 thousand workers coming from other cities to work in the field of tourism.

The Meaning of Hurghada

The city's original name is "Hurghada" in reference to a desert area known as "Desht Hur-Ghada" Al-Ma'ani Dictionary

 DYCHT is the name of a tribe -Hor, meaning the dry plant-Ghada is the soft branch.

Another opinion says:

That the name belongs to a plant called Nitraria Retusa, a naturally growing shrub since ancient times that grows on sand dunes, and in areas of high salinity such as salt marshes.

It is salt tolerant and drought tolerant. It can grow to a height of 2.5 meters and produces small white/green flowers and small edible red fruits. 

The fishermen were fishing in the area between the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea coast, and they met at a large tree of the "Hurghada" plant, and its current location is the port of Hurghada.

The new city

The new city of Hurghada was founded in 1905, and the name changed to Hurghada. There was nothing in the city, but a group of primitive houses inhabited by Bedouins in the Saqala area, and they worked in the fishing and pearling. During the reign of King Farouk, a royal restroom was built, but after nationalization during the rule of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, it was called the Club Armed Forces of Water Sports.

National Day

On 22 January of each year, the Red Sea Governorate celebrates its National Day, the anniversary of the victory of the Egyptian armed forces over the Israeli forces in the Battle of Shadwan, when the Israeli forces attempted to occupy the Shadwan Island in 1972.

 Sources of income:

Tourism

It is considered the most important main source of income for the residents, with more than 1000 hotels, hotel apartments, commercial streets, shopping malls with international brands, and many local or brand restaurants. It has many islands, a diversity of coral reefs, and natural reserves inhabited by large numbers of marine animals and rare birds, some of which are considered endangered, such as the eagle, the white-eyed gull, and the hawksbill turtle. Hurghada is the most beautiful place in the world for diving and water sports enthusiasts who are looking for relaxation from work, making it a domestic and international tourist destination visited by thousands of tourists annually.

 Natural resources

The city of Hurghada is characterized by the richness of its land with natural resources such as granite, basalt, schist, quartzite, gold, and petroleum quarries. Petroleum was discovered in 1913, and the actual production and export it began in 1921. Now Petroleum is extracted by several Egyptian companies with foreign partnerships in the city of Ras Ghareb, which is one of the most important areas of oil refining, as well as the fields of the Ish all-Malaha Petroleum Company in north Hurghada on an area of 15.3 km, and the Jabal al-Zayt Petroleum Company in the regions of Jabal al-Zayt and Ras al-Esh.

Fishing

More than 10,000 residents of the city work as a fishers. The most famous types of fish are kosher, tween, and bourbon. Fishing is prohibited for 3 months of each year in order to preserve the fish stocks in the area. It is strictly forbidden to fish in nature reserves and to hunt rare marine creatures such as sharks, sea cucumbers, turtles, and others.  Every year, the Egyptian Fishing Federation, in cooperation with the Marine Sports Club in Hurghada, organizes fishing competitions.

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