Galla-Sidamo Governorate

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

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.

See also

• List of governors of the Galla-Sidamo Governorate
• Italian Ethiopia

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]