Galla-Sidamo Governorate
Governorate of Italian East Africa (1936–1941
Governatorato di Galla e Sidama
Coat of Arms
Galla-Sidamo (orange) within Italian East Africa
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• 1936-1938
• 1938
• 1938-1941
World War II
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• Allied occupation
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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:
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See also
Bibliography
- Beltrami, Vanni. "Italia d'oltremare. Storie dei territori italiani dalla conquista alla caduta." Edizioni Nuova Cultura. Roma, 2013 ISBN 978-88-6134-702-1 [1]
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Etiopia italiana
- Italian Ethiopia
- Amhara Governorate
- Harar Governorate
- Galla-Sidamo Governorate
- Scioa Governorate
- First Italo-Ethiopian War
- Abyssinia Crisis
- Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- Gondrand massacre
- Italian invasion of British Somaliland
- Italian attacks in Kenya
- Italian tentative to occupy French Somaliland
- East African Campaign
- Last stand at Amba Alagi
- Battle of Gondar
- Battle of Culqualber
- Italian guerrilla war in A.O.I. (1941-1943)
- New roads in Italian Ethiopia
- Linea aerea dell'Impero
- Ivo Olivetti aeroporto
- Italian colonial railways
- Ethio-Djibouti Railways
- Addis Ababa Stadium
- Royal Corps of Colonial Troops
- Italian African Police
- Armed Forces of Italian East Africa
- Bands
- Dubats
