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

Tekle Giyorgis II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the E