Seka Chekorsa

For the capital of the former Kingdom of Jimma, see Saqqa.

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 07°35′N 36°33′E / 7.583°N 36.550°E / 7.583; 36.550. It is the administrative center of Seka Chekorsa woreda.

Seka Chekorsa holds its weekly market on Sundays.^[1]

Based on figures from the 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.^[2] 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 (63.27%), the Amhara (15.8%), the Kafficho (5.37%), the Kullo (5.32%), and the Yem (4.44%); all other ethnic groups made up 5.8% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 59.89%, 32.19% spoke Amharic, 2.72% spoke Kafa, 2.01% spoke Kullo, and 1.72% spoke Yemsa; the remaining 1.47% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were 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 Protestant.^[3]