Nekemte

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Coordinates: 9 ° 5 '  N , 36 ° 33'  E

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Ethiopia

Nekemte (also Nek'emte , Lekemt ) is a city in the region Oromia in Ethiopia , 220 km west of Addis Ababa area.

Until 1994 it was the capital of the then Wolega province . For the year 2006 a population of 80,685 was given. The place is at an altitude of 2088 m. In the city there is a museum about the Wollega-Oroma culture.

There are some spectacular waterfalls around Nekemte.

literature

  • Martin Fitzenreiter, Katrin Hildemann: Ethiopia . Reise Know-How Verlag, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-8317-1299-9 .