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The New International Encyclopædia/Menfi

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Edition of 1905. See also Menfi on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

MENFI, mĕn′fē̇. A town in the Province of Girgenti, Sicily, 30 miles south by east of Marsala (Map: Italy, H 10). It exports corn, barley, cotton, and wine. The quarries of the vicinity are supposed to have furnished the building material for the temples of ancient Selinus. Population, in 1901 (commune), 10,281.