Kumsa Moroda ( Oromo: ''Kumsaa Morodaa'' was the third and last ''Moti'', or ruler, of the

Welega Welega (also spelled Wollega; ; am, ወለጋ) was a Provinces of Ethiopia, province in western Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nekemte. It was named for the Wollega Oromo, who are the majority of the population within its boundaries. Weleg ...

kingdom also known as the Leqa Neqamte state. His father was ''Moti'' Moroda Bekere. Under his rule,

Nekemte Nekemte, also spelled as Neqemte (, Amharic: ነቀምት), is a market town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the East Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, Nekemte has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2,088 met ...

continued to prosper, despite the re-imposition of central authority; Russian explorer

Alexander Bulatovich Alexander Ksaverievich Bulatovich (russian: Алекса́ндр Ксаве́рьевич Булато́вич; 26 September 1870 – 5 December 1919) tonsured Father Antony (отец Антоний) was a Russian military officer, explorer of Af ...

visited Nekemte on 13 March 1897; in his memoirs he describes its marketplace as "a very lively place and presents a motley mixture of languages, dress, and peoples", and carefully described the paintings in the town's newly constructed

Ethiopian Orthodox The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

church.''From Entotto to the River Baro''
(1897), translated by Richard Selzer, ''Ethiopia through Russian Eyes: Country in Transition, 1896-1898'' (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 2000) (accessed 2 November 2009) In 1905, a central government customs office was officially opened in Nekemte. His cousin was the businessman and historian '' Blatta''

Deressa Amante Deressa or Deresse ( am, ደረሠ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: *Deressa Chimsa (born 1976), Ethiopia marathon runner *Deresse Mekonnen (born 1987), Ethiopian middle-distance runner and two-time world indoor champion *Yilm ...

, father of the senior statesman '' Lij'' Yilma Deressa.

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