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Galla-Sidamo Governorate

Governorate of Italian East Africa (1936–1941

Summary

Governorate of Italian East Africa (1936–1941

Field	Value
conventional_long_name	Galla-Sidamo Governorate
native_name	Governatorato di Galla e Sidama
subdivision	Governorate
nation	Italian East Africa
image_coat	Arms of the Galla-Sidamo governorate.svg
symbol_type	Coat of Arms
image_map	Italian East Africa (1938–1941).svg
image_map_caption	Galla-Sidamo (orange) within Italian East Africa
capital	Jimma
era	Interwar period
World War II
life_span	1936-1941
event_start	Created
date_start	1 June 1936
event_end	Allied occupation
date_end	6 July 1941
title_leader	Governor
leader1	Carlo Geloso
year_leader1	1936-1938
leader2	Armando Felsani
year_leader2	1938
leader3	Pietro Gazzera
year_leader3	1938-1941
p1	Ethiopian Empire
flag_p1	Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg
s1	Ethiopian Empire
flag_s1	Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg
stat_pop1	ca. 4,000,000

World War II

Galla-Sidamo Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa. It was formed in 1936 from parts of the conquered Ethiopian Empire following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War with the capital was Jimma. In November 1938 some territory of Galla-Sidamo in the Scioa region was given to the neighboring Addis Abeba Governorate, enlarging it to the Scioa Governorate.

The area bordering the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was the stronghold of the Ethiopian resistance against the Italians until 1939, when it was practically pacified.

The Governorate of Galla-Sidamo was subdivided into:

Bibliography

Beltrami, Vanni. "Italia d'oltremare. Storie dei territori italiani dalla conquista alla caduta." Edizioni Nuova Cultura. Roma, 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=TE2ldbz57eIC&pg=PA273

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