Manfalut

Manfalut
منفلوط
ⲙⲁⲛⲃⲁⲗⲟⲧ
ManfalutKashifMosqueOutside.jpg
Manfalut is located in Egypt
Manfalut
Manfalut
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 27°19′N 30°58′E / 27.317°N 30.967°E / 27.317; 30.967
Country Egypt
GovernorateAsyut
Area
 • Total103.5 sq mi (268.1 km2)
Population
(2021)
 • Total576,972
 • Density5,600/sq mi (2,200/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Manfalut (Arabic: منفلوط Manfalūṭ, IPA: [mɑnfɑˈluːtˤ]; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛⲃⲁⲗⲟⲧ, lit.'place of pelts, skins') 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. In 2006, it had a population of 82,585 people.

Local agriculture includes cotton production.

Egyptian writer and poet Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti was born in Manfalut. By 1993, the area was considered an Islamic stronghold.

On 17 November 2012, a bus-train collision near Manfalut caused the deaths of 51 people.

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