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Lieka or Liekà was a former settlement in 19th and early 20th century Ethiopia, a major market town in the Oromo people region southwest of Shoa. It was located on the Bilo plain, southwest of SokotaKeane, Augustus H. Africa, 2nd ed., p. 510. E. Stanford, 1907. and retained a hereditary Oromo ruler upon its integration into the empire of Menelek II.Bulatovich, Alexander. From Entotto to the River Baro . 1897. Translated by Richard Seltzer as Ethiopia through Russian Eyes. Samizdat, 1993. Accessed 18 Mar 2014. It has since lost its importance as a regional market to nearby Nekemte.
The village at the former site is now spelled Leka.
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