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Meki (; ) is a town in east-central Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1636 meters above sea level. Meki is the administrative center of Dugda woreda.

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Locality
Meki
Region
ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
75,200
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Meki (; ) is a town in east-central Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1636 meters above sea level. Meki is the administrative center of Dugda woreda.

== History == Visitors in early 1927 found that there was a kind of bridge over the Meki River near the town which could be crossed by a motorcar. The bridge was the creation of a foreign farmer, who had modified a large tree trunk which had grown more or less across the river.

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