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agriculture, transport, construction and education. There are only few factories exploiting marbles such as
“Marmar” and “Alabaster” to produce souvenirs gifts for tourists.
Figure 12: Administrative boarders of the city of Luxor, Governorate of Luxor
Source : www.luxur.gov.eg/map
The City of Luxor is divided in 7 service centres (“Markus in Arabic – ‏(مركز . The Baseline Emission Inventory was carried
out for 5 centres within the administrative borders of the Governorate including: the City of Luxor, Al Bayadyah, Al Toud,
Al Gornah, Al Zeineyah. Armant and Esna were not covered (Figure 12).
3. Governorate vision
The Governor and the municipality council are willing to work together with the participation of their citizens
to build and develop a sustainable, thriving cultural and touristic city, where SDGs are integrated to provide
quality of life as public good for all. The city of Luxor will rely on a diversified economy, which is based on
sustainable management and preservation of heritage sites and antiquities as well as improve the current
infrastructures and advance the administration’ capability to that end.
The City of Luxor ultimate goal is to become one of the most distinguished cultural and touristic sites in
the Arab world, recognized for its outstanding sustainability profile.
The Governorate (municipality) aims to build and administer the basic structure and public facilities, and
provide citizens with municipal services, smoothly and transparently, while preserving the heritage and
cultural wealth of the city of Luxor. The Governorate (municipality) strives to keep the city of Luxor a
distinguished city where tourists and citizens live and enjoy life. By means of proper utilization of human and
material resources as well as commitment to the principles of equity, impartiality, and transparency, the
municipality seeks to achieve viable and sustainable development in the city.
In accordance with Egypt’s vision and SDS 2030, sustainable development should be a key driver for the
Governorate and the city of Luxor. Sound strategic management of basic resources – energy, soils and water
– is essential both to minimize costs for all, to reduce the overall environmental footprint of the City and
Governorate of Luxor and preserve the world’s heritage sites.
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