Manfalut

Manfalut
منفلوط
ⲙⲁⲛⲃⲁⲗⲟⲧ
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)[1]
 • 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'[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]

  1. ^ a b "Manfalūṭ (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 59.
  3. ^ a b "Egypt bus crash kills 50 children near Manfalut". BBC. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  4. ^ The Manchester Guardian EGYPTIAN COTTON CROP; 5 August 1939
  5. ^ Reuters, Britons escape death on the Nile as gunman opens fire, The Guardian; 17 August 1993