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'''Melfi''' ({{langx|ar|ملفي}}) is a [[town]] in the [[Guéra Region]] of southern-central [[Chad]].

The [[Tele-Nugar Iron Mines]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage|World Heritage Site]], are located approximately 155 km south of Melfi.<ref name=unesco>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2054/ Les curieuses mines de fer de Télé-Nugar - UNESCO World Heritage Centre] Retrieved 2009-02-25.</ref>

== Demographics ==
Ethnic composition by canton in 2016:<ref name=PASISAT>[[Oxfam]] and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. ''[https://www.prospect-cs.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Atlas-Guera-Partie-1_v2016.pdf Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional]''. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).</ref>

'''Gogmi Canton (population: 15,917; villages: 63):'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Ethnic group !! Linguistic affiliation !! Percentage
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| [[Sokoro language|Sokoro]] || East Chadic || 75
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| Arab || Semitic || 15
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| Fulbe || Senegambian || 10
|}

'''Melfi Canton (population: 23,700; villages: 104):'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Ethnic group !! Linguistic affiliation !! Percentage
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| Dayakhire || ? || 70
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| [[Barein language|Barain]] || East Chadic || 20
|-
| Fulbe || Senegambian || 10
|}

==Transport==
The town is served by [[Melfi Airport]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Guéra Region]]
[[Category:Populated places in Chad]]

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