{{Short description|Former settlement in Ethiopia}} '''Lieka''' or '''Liekà''' was a former settlement in 19th and early 20th century Ethiopia, a major market town in the Oromo region southwest of Shoa.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Abyssinia#7 |display=Abyssinia:(7) Provinces and Towns |volume=1 |page=86}}</ref> It was located on the Bilo plain, {{convert|180|mi|km|sp=us|order=flip|abbr=off}} southwest of Sokota<ref>Keane, Augustus H. ''Africa'', 2nd ed., p. 510. E. Stanford, 1907.</ref> and retained a hereditary Oromo ruler upon its integration into the empire of Menelek II.<ref>Bulatovich, Alexander. ''[http://www.samizdat.com/entotto.html From Entotto to the River Baro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216204959/http://www.samizdat.com/entotto.html |date=2017-12-16 }}''. 1897. Translated by Richard Seltzer as ''Ethiopia through Russian Eyes''. Samizdat, 1993. Accessed 18 Mar 2014.</ref> 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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