Soqota
Sekota, also spelled Sokota, Sakota, Soqota 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.
- Type: Town with 50,300 residents
- Description: city in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Sacaya”, “Sak’ot’ā”, “Saqot’a”, “Sek’ot’a”, “Socata”, “Socota”, “Soketa”, and “ሰቆጣ / Sekota”
Soqota
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.6257° or 12° 37′ 33″ north
Longitude
39.0354° or 39° 2′ 8″ east
Population
50,300
Elevation
2,240 metres (7,349 feet)
Open location code
7G4XJ2GP+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Soqota” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሰቆጣ”
- Arabic: “سوقوتا”
- Asturian: “Soqota”
- Cebuano: “Soqota”
- Chinese: “塞科塔”
- Dutch: “Soqota”
- French: “Sekota”
- Japanese: “ソコタ”
- Persian: “سوغوتا”
- Polish: “Sekota”
- Polish: “Sokota”
- Russian: “Сокота”
- Russian: “Сэкота”
- South Azerbaijani: “سوغوتا”
- Swedish: “Soqota”
- Zulu: “Soqota”
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