Lieka or Liekà was a former settlement in 19th and early 20th century
Ethiopia, a major market town in the
Oromo region southwest of
Shoa
SHOA or Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (Spanish for Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy) is an agency of the Chilean Navy managing situations dealing with hydrography and oceanography, includin ...
. It was located on the
Bilo plain, southwest of
Sokota
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 ''sekut'', "fortified village." Located in the Wag Hemra Zone of the Am ...
and retained a hereditary Oromo ruler upon its integration into the empire of
Menelek II.
[Bulatovich, Alexander. ]
From Entotto to the River Baro
''. 1897. Translated by Richard Seltzer as ''Ethiopia through Russian Eyes''. Samizdat, 1993. Accessed 18 Mar 2014. It has since lost its importance as a regional market to nearby
Nekemte.
The village at the former site is now spelled Leka.
References
History of Ethiopia
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