Manfalout is one of the famous cities in
Assiut
governorate in Upper Egypt . It locates on the western bank of the Nile and encloses seven small villages including El Atamna and Beni Shukeir , and Bani Rafe . The city is famous for being the birthplace of the famous Egyptian poet Mustafa Lutfi El Manfaluti . Nowadays the city has a wide range of agricultural lands and is renowned for its pomegranate .
