Galla-Sidamo Governorate

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Galla-Sidamo Governorate
Governatorato di Galla e Sidama
Governorate of Italian East Africa
Coat of arms of Galla-Sidamo governorate.svg
Coat of Arms
Italian East Africa (1938-1941).svg
Galla-Sidamo (orange) within Italian East Africa
Capital Jimma
Population 
 
ca. 4,000,000
History
Government
Governor  
 1936-1938
Carlo Geloso
 1938
Armando Felsani
 1938-1941
Pietro Gazzera
Historical era Interwar period
World War II
  Created
1 June 1936
6 July 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopian Empire
Ethiopian Empire Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg

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:

  • Baco,
  • del Oeste,
  • Borana,
  • Caffa & Ghimirra,
  • Gimma,
  • Guraghé & Cambattà
  • Magi & Sciuro,
  • Ometo,
  • Sidamo,
  • Uollega & Gundrù.

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