Manti ( MAN-ty) is a city in and the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2010 United States Census.

Manti was the first community in Utah to be established outside the Wasatch Front and served as the hub for the formation of many other communities in Central Utah. The Manti Utah Temple, the fifth temple built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is found in Manti and dominates the area’s skyline. Manti formerly hosted the Mormon Miracle Pageant for two weeks each summer.

Manti was one of the first communities established in what was to become Utah. Chief Walkara (or Walker), a Ute Tribe leader, invited Brigham Young to send pioneers to the area to tutor his people the techniques of thriving farming. In 1849, Brigham Young dispatched a company of just about 225 settlers, consisting of several families, to the Sanpitch (now Sanpete) Valley. Under the presidency of Isaac Morley and George Washington Bradley, the settlers arrived at the present location of Manti in November. They endured a coarse winter by vibrant in interim shelters dug into the south side of the hill upon which the Manti Temple now stands. Brigham Young named the supplementary community Manti, after a city mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Manti was incorporated in 1851. The first mayor of Manti was Dan Jones. Manti served as a hub city for the unity of supplementary communities in the valley.

Relations subsequently the local Native Americans deteriorated rapidly, and the Walker War soon ensued. The court case consisted primarily of various raids conducted by the Native Americans against Mormon outposts in Central and Southern Utah. The Walker War ended in the mid-1850s in an union negotiated in the midst of Brigham Young and Wakara. Shortly after that, Welcome Chapman and Wakara oversaw the baptism of scores of Wakara’s tribe members. Although brusque hostilities ended, none of the underlying conflicts were resolved.