Edfu is the capital of a parish in the governorate of
Aswan
, the last of the Egyptian governorates before reaching the Sudanese borders . The city is located on the West Bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan .
Edfu , or Behdet in the Ancient Egyptian language , is one of the oldest cities in the whole country . It was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna , after the chief god Horus-Apollo . It was one of the 40 nomes of the Pharaonic Era , where god Horus , son of
Osiris
and Isis , was being worshiped . In the Ptolemaic Era , Edfu gained a great importance , because it was on the way to the
Red Sea
quarries and ports .
In Edfu , we can observe how the color and features of people begin to change , as we start entering the historical Nubia , with its African's Camite race people .
Economic activity is based basically on tourism and tourists , who come from
Luxor
or Aswan in buses or Nile cruises to visit the Great Temple of Horus , Also administration , agriculture and services for the surrounding villages are important resources .
