Nekemte

Nekemte (also called Lekemt) is a market town in the Oromia region (or kilil) of Ethiopia, and was the capital of the former province of Welega. As of 1994, its population was 47,258.

It is home to a museum of Wollega Oromo culture.

As part of Operation Tewodros near the end of the Ethiopian Civil War, Nekemte was captured by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front in April 1991.