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
Iyasu II, throne name Alem Sagad, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1730 to 1755, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Emperor Bakaffa and Empress Mentewab.
Iyasu with his court
The bones of Mentewab, Iyasu II, and Iyoas I, in Kuskwam (Gondar)