Italian East Africa

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administrative territorial entity colonial empire former Italian colony

Italian East Africa was a short-lived colonial empire in the Horn of Africa under Fascist Italian rule, formed in the late 1930s by uniting Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland.

Aliases (4)
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity →
colonial empire →
former Italian colony →
alsoKnownAs Italian East Africa →
surface form: "Africa Orientale Italiana"
capital Addis Ababa →
coatOfArms emblem of Italian East Africa →
colonialPower Italy →
conflict World War II →
continent Africa →
country Kingdom of Italy →
currency Italian East African lira →
dissolutionCause British military conquest in East African Campaign →
endTime 1941 →
establishedAfter Second Italo-Ethiopian War →
flag flag of Italian East Africa →
formedByUnionOf Eritrea →
Ethiopia →
Italian Somaliland →
governmentType colonial administration →
headOfGovernment Benito Mussolini →
headOfState Victor Emmanuel III of Italy →
ideology Fascist Italy →
surface form: "Italian Fascism"
locatedIn Horn of Africa →
officialLanguage Amharic →
Arabic →
Italian language →
surface form: "Italian"

Somali →
Tigrinya →
partOf Italian Empire →
surface form: "Italian colonial empire"
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
surface form: "Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity"

Islam →
Roman Catholicism →
rulingParty National Fascist Party →
shortName AOI →
startTime 1936-05-09 →
successor British Military Administration in Eritrea →
British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland →
restored Ethiopian Empire →
territoryIncludes Amhara Region →
Eritrea →
Ethiopia →
Oromia Region →
surface form: "Galla-Sidamo"

Harar →
Italian Somaliland →
Ogaden →
Scioa →
Tigray region →
surface form: "Tigray Region"
timePeriod Interwar period →
World War II era →
Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian East Africa → alsoKnownAs → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Africa Orientale Italiana"
East African campaign → belligerent → Italian East Africa →
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian East Africa →
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Italian Eritrea"
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Italian Somaliland"
Fascist Italy → colonialPossession → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Italian Ethiopia"
Italian Empire → colonialPowerOf → Italian East Africa →
British military administration → follows → Italian East Africa →
subject surface form: "British Military Administration in Eritrea"
this entity surface form: "Italian Eritrea"
Kingdom of Italy → hadColony → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Italian Eritrea"
Kingdom of Italy → hadColony → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Italian Ethiopia"
Italian Somaliland → incorporatedInto → Italian East Africa →
East African campaign → location → Italian East Africa →
Italian Somaliland → partOf → Italian East Africa →
Amedeo, Duke of Aosta → relatedTo → Italian East Africa →
Asmara → wasPartOf → Italian East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Italian Eritrea"
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