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'''Seka Chekorsa''' (also transliterated '''Seqqa Chekorsa''') is a town in southern [[Ethiopia]]. Located in the [[Jimma Zone]] of the [[Oromia Region]], this town has a latitude and longitude of {{coord|07|35|N|36|33|E}}. It is the administrative center of [[Seka Chekorsa (woreda)|Seka Chekorsa]] [[woreda]]. 

Seka Chekorsa holds its weekly market on Sundays.<ref>[http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSEK.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528230857/http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSEK.pdf |date=2011-05-28 }} (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 7 July 2009)</ref>

Based on figures from the [[Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)|Central Statistical Agency]] in 2005, Seka Chekorsa has an estimated total population of 7,284 of whom 3,544 were males and 3,740 were females.<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics], Table B.4</ref> The 1994 national census reported a total population for this town of 4,076, of whom 1,922 were men and 2,154 women. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Seka Chekorsa were the [[Oromo people|Oromo]] (63.27%), the [[Amhara people|Amhara]] (15.8%), the [[Kafficho people|Kafficho]] (5.37%), the [[Kullo people|Kullo]] (5.32%), and the [[Yem people|Yem]] (4.44%); all other ethnic groups made up 5.8% of the population. [[Oromo language|Oromiffa]] was spoken as a first language by 59.89%, 32.19% spoke [[Amharic language|Amharic]], 2.72% spoke [[Kafa language|Kafa]], 2.01% spoke [[Kullo language|Kullo]], and 1.72% spoke [[Yemsa language|Yemsa]]; the remaining 1.47% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were [[Islam in Ethiopia|Muslim]], with 53.46% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 41.66% of the inhabitants said they professed [[Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity]], and 2.01% were [[P'ent'ay|Protestant]].<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck04%5Ck04_partI.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1], Tables 2.5, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)</ref>

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