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Cherti (also known as Melka Chereti) is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Afder Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 05°20′N 42°05′E with an altitude of 321 meters above sea level.
The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières operates a clinic in Cherti.
Violence between the Dawed and Rer Afgab clans had destroyed numerous houses in Cherti, which had been rebuilt by the time a delegation from the UNDP visited the town in February, 1994.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Cherti has an estimated total population of 8,903, of whom 4,841 were men and 4,062 were women. The 1997 national census reported a total population for this town of 5,967, of whom 3,198 were men and 2,769 were women. The predominant ethnic group reported in Cherti was the Somali (99.64% of the population). It is the largest town in Cherti woreda.