AOI

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AOI is the Italian abbreviation for Italian East Africa, the former colonial territory in the Horn of Africa ruled by Italy from 1936 to 1941.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former Italian colony
historical political entity
abbreviationOf Italian East Africa
surface form: Africa Orientale Italiana
administrativeCenter Addis Ababa
capital Addis Ababa
colonialPower Italy
colonialStatus Italian East Africa
continent Africa
country Kingdom of Italy
deFactoLeader Benito Mussolini
dissolutionCause Italian defeat in East Africa during World War II
endTime 1941
establishedBy Royal Decree of the Kingdom of Italy
fullName Italian East Africa
surface form: Africa Orientale Italiana
governmentType colonial administration
hasColonialPolicy Italianization policies in East Africa
historicalEra Interwar period
World War II
historicalRegion East Africa
inceptionEvent Second Italo-Ethiopian War
surface form: Italian conquest of Ethiopia
includedTerritory Eritrea
Ethiopia
Italian Somaliland
locatedIn Horn of Africa
militaryConflict East African campaign
surface form: East African Campaign (World War II)

Second Italo-Ethiopian War
nativeNameLanguage Italian
officialLanguage Italian
partOf Italian Empire
surface form: Italian colonial empire
predecessor Italian East Africa
surface form: Italian Eritrea

Italian Somaliland
Ethiopian Empire
surface form: Kingdom of Ethiopia
rulingMonarch Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
shortName Italian East Africa
startTime 1936
status defunct political entity
successor British Military Administration in Eritrea
British Military Administration in Ethiopia
British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland
timePeriod 1930s
1940s
usedBy Government of Italy
surface form: Italian government
usedIn Italian official documents

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