Manfalut
Place in Asyut, Egypt
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Manfalut (Arabic: منفلوط Manfalūṭ, IPA: [mɑnfɑˈluːtˤ]; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛⲃⲁⲗⲟⲧ, lit. 'place of pelts, skins'[2]) is a city in Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate. The city is at 350 km (230 miles) south of Cairo.[3] In 2006, it had a population of 82,585 people.
Local agriculture includes cotton production.[4]
Egyptian writer and poet Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti was born in Manfalut. By 1993, the area was considered an Islamic stronghold.[5]
On 17 November 2012, a bus-train collision near Manfalut caused the deaths of 51 people.[3]
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