Holeta (Oromo: Holataa) is a town in the special zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

It became the new "country retreat" for Emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytu Betul[1] According to Richard Pankhurst, when the couple were in residence, its population would mushroom from about 2,400 to as many as 15,000.

Opened in January 1935, and staffed by five Swedish officers, the first class of 120 cadets did not complete their studies due to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

[4] It was reopened once Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia, and celebrated its 25th anniversary 20–30 April 1960.

Founded in 1963, this station is the national center for research to improve the yield of barley, highland oil crops, potatoes, and dairy products.