Assiut West suburb is considerd one of the most ancient districts of Assiut city you can say old Assiut city. It lies to the west of the railway line because that line divides the city into two main districts east and west .
The ancient name of the locality is Tirobi " meaning the garden, or the mother who suckl her baby, Tirobi Sirban " which is now known as Dairout Al Sharif.
AbuTig is relatively a big city, it lies on the west bank of the Nile, it is an ancient city dates back to 4000 years old and it was the political capital for the tenth Nome in Upper Egypt during the pharaonic era
The sons of Assiut celebrate the national day on the 18th of April every year .
It is a Commemoration of the Peoples revolution of Bani Adi Village, Manfalut locality against the French on the 18th of April 1799.
Sahil Salim locality is considered one of the most ancient localities of Assiut governorate and its named after Bani Salim tribes who came from the Arabian Peninsula and settled along the Nile banks.
