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Soqota
Sign in to saveSekota, also spelled Sokota, Sakota, Soqota (Amharic: ሰቆጣ; formerly ሰቈጣ) is a town and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia. The name is likely from the Agaw word sakute/ሳቑጠ, "fortified village." Located in the Wag Hemra Zone of the Amhara Region, Sekota has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2266 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by woreda of Soqota.
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Place details
- Locality
- ሰቆጣ / Sekota
- Region
- አማራ ክልል Amhara أمحرة
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 50,300
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sekota
- Settlement.other_name
- Sokota, Sakota, &c.
- Settlement.native_name
- ሰቆጣ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sekota-Région Amhara (1).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Amhara
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Wag Hemra Zone
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007
- Settlement.population_total
- 22,346
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Tigray War
- Demographics
- References
Sekota, also spelled Sokota, Sakota, Soqota (Amharic: ሰቆጣ; formerly ሰቈጣ) is a town and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia. The name is likely from the Agaw word sakute/ሳቑጠ, "fortified village." Located in the Wag Hemra Zone of the Amhara Region, Sekota has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2266 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by woreda of Soqota.
About 6 kilometers from Sekota is the church Wuqir Meskale Kristos, where the mummified corpses of several Wagshums lies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soqota” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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