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Nekemte

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EntityQ376295· pop 20· linked from 430 articles

Also known as Naqamtee, Nakamti

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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 7 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 430 inbound references to Nekemte, and connects out to Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, district of Ethiopia and Ambo.

Vinony files it under Cities and towns in Ethiopia and Populated places in the Oromia.

Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
ነቀምት Nekemte نقمتى
Region
ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
156,000
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Nekemte
Settlement.native_name
Naqamtee
Settlement.native_name_lang
om
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ethiopia#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name2
East Welega
Settlement.population_as_of
2007
Settlement.population_total
75219
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
EAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+3
Settlement.elevation_m
2088
Settlement.blank_name
Climate

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Wikidata facts

Population
75219
Area
29.5
Elevation
2088
Image
Nekemte.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Demographics
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Nekemte, also spelled as Neqemte (, Amharic: ነቀምት), is a market city 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 meters.

Nekemte was the capital of the former East Welega, and is home to a museum of Machaa Oromo culture. It is a burial place of Onesimos Nesib, a famous Oromo who translated the Bible to Oromo Language for the first time, in collaboration with Aster Ganno. It is also the seat of an Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Nekemte is host to Wollega University. It is served by an airport.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nekemte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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