Sekota, also spelled Sokota,[1]Sakota,[2]Soqota[3] (Amharic: ሰቆጣ; formerly ሰቈጣ) is a town and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia. The name is likely from the Agaw word sekut, "fortified village."[4] Located in the Wag Hemra Zone of the Amhara Region, Sekota has a latitude and longitude of 12°37′31″N39°02′06″E / 12.62528°N 39.03500°E / 12.62528; 39.03500 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.[5]
^Cana, Frank Richardson (1911). "Abyssinia § (7) Provinces and Towns" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 86.
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...
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on the north and east by the Tigray Region. Towns in Wag Hemra include Soqota. Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of...
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Tekezze River and its affluents. In extends further to the southeast towards Soqota and to the northeast towards Gheralta, Adigrat and central Eritrea. Most...
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