El Menia City or the Bride of Upper
Egypt
is the capital of
El
Minia
Governorate
located 250km to the south of Cairo . It is a city of a great history that dates back to ancient Egyptian times and was known as Menat
Khufu
and in the New Kingdom , It was the center from which Akhenaton started his revolution of unifying the ancient Egyptian gods in one god called
Aton
. At that time , it was the cult of worshiping it and there are numerous temples for worshiping the sun god Aton throughout El Minia especially in Tell El Amarna and
Beni Hassan
archeological sites . Within El Minia City one can enjoy visiting El Mayteen Cemetry , one of the major tourist places , and other mosques such as El Umrah Mosque and El Lammati Mosque , the oldest mosques of the city of magnificent Islamic decorations and architectural style .
Nowadays , El Minia is one of the major cities in Upper Egypt that is provided with all essential needs and facilities and encloses a university and a hospital of all highly advanced technologies . The major economic resources for the city are industry , agriculture and trade .
It is renowned for soap , sugar and perfume industries in addition to textile ginning and other industries depending on agricultural crops produced in the city .
