El Husaineya is one of the administrative centers in
El Sharqiya
Governorate in
Egypt
. In the ancient Egyptian times it was called Tall El Faraena and later on it was given its current name after Sultan Hussein II . It is bordered with
El Dakahlia
From the north ,
Ismailiya
from the south , and Faqous from the west . El Husaineya was once one of the important cities in ancient Egypt that encloses a large number of monuments and statues but most of it has been ruined by the passage of time . There are only remains of mud-brick walls dating back to the
11th Dynasty
BC and some remains of Temples of Mut ,
Horus
and Khonsu and others . Nowadays , El Husaineya encompasses a large number of smaller towns and cities and is renowned for raising and trading in Arab horses , in addition to agriculture and tourism .
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