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Manfalut 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.The famous 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 children.