Soqota

Sekota
ሰቆጣ
Sokota, Sakota, &c.
Town
Sekota is located in Ethiopia
Sekota
Sekota
Location within Ethiopia
Sekota is located in Horn of Africa
Sekota
Sekota
Location within the Horn of Africa
Sekota is located in Africa
Sekota
Sekota
Location within Africa
Coordinates: 12°37′31″N 39°02′06″E / 12.62528°N 39.03500°E / 12.62528; 39.03500
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneWag Hemra Zone
Population
 (2007)
 • Total22,346
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

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″N 39°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]

  1. ^ Cana, Frank Richardson (1911). "Abyssinia § (7) Provinces and Towns" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 86.
  2. ^ National Geographic Globe (Map). 1 : 31,363,200. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. 1965.
  3. ^ From its French spelling.
  4. ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, Historical Geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704 (London: British Academy, 1989), p. 176
  5. ^ Camerapix, Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia (New York: Interlink Books, 2000), p. 117