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Place details
- Locality
- ሆለታ / Holeta
- Region
- ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Ethiopia
- Official name
- ሆለታ
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
- Population
- +25593
- Area
- +17.84
- Elevation
- +2391
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Demographics
- Notes
Holeta (Amharic: ሆለታ; (Oromo: Holataa) is a town in the special zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 2391 meters above sea level.
== History == Holeta came into existence with the construction of the Addis Ababa - Addis Alem road, and houses in the latter town were dismantled and brought to this new settlement. It became the new "country retreat" for Emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytu Betul According to Richard Pankhurst, when the couple were in residence, its population would mushroom from about 2,400 to as many as 15,000. It was the first place in Ethiopia to have a permanent water mill, built in 1909 on the Holetta River.