Menfi
Comune
Comune di Menfi
The entrance gate to Menfi
Coat of arms
Location of Menfi
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Coordinates: 37°36′N 12°58′E / 37.600°N 12.967°E / 37.600; 12.967
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Agrigento (AG)
Frazioni	Porto Palo, Lido Fiori, Capparrina, Bertolino di Mare
Government
• Mayor	Vito Clemente
Area ^[1]
• Total	113.58 km² (43.85 sq mi)
Elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Population (31 August 2022)^[2]
• Total	11,681
• Density	100/km² (270/sq mi)
Demonym	Menfitani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	92013
Dialing code	0925
Patron saint	St. Anthony
Saint day	13 June
Website	Official website

Menfi is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Palermo and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Agrigento.

The town lies some 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the south coast of Sicily, between the rivers Belice and Carboj. In 1910, a full third of the population of the town of Menfi had emigrated to the United States.^[3] Other major recipients were Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Main sights

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A tower (Torre Federiciana), which is the remains of a medieval castle built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in 1238, perhaps over an Arab fortification.
Chiesa Madre ("Mother Church"), built in the 18th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. It was later rebuilt.
Church of St. Joseph (1715).

The remains of an Iron Age prehistoric settlement were found in the 1980s outside of the town.