Italian East Africa

E62386

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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Italian East Africa canonical	21
Italian Eritrea	11
Africa Orientale Italiana	4
Italian Ethiopia	4
Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana)	1
Italian East Africa era	1
Italian Somaliland	1

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 (43)

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

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

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

East African campaign → location → Italian East Africa ⓘ

East African campaign → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Italian East Africa → alsoKnownAs → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa Orientale Italiana

Italian Somaliland → partOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Italian Somaliland → incorporatedInto → Italian East Africa ⓘ

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

Asmara → wasPartOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Italian conquest of British Somaliland → temporaryControl → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Amedeo, Duke of Aosta → relatedTo → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Battle of Keren → location → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Battle of Agordat → countryAtTimeOfBattle → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Battle of Agordat → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Battle of Amba Alagi → belligerent → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Italian colonization of Eritrea → relatedTo → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Eritrean nationalism → developedInContextOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Minister of Colonies of the Kingdom of Italy → hasJurisdictionOver → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Ethiopia

High Commissioner for Italian East Africa → appliesToJurisdiction → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa Orientale Italiana

High Commissioner for Italian East Africa → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Italian East Africa ⓘ

AOI → fullName → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa Orientale Italiana

AOI → abbreviationOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Africa Orientale Italiana

AOI → predecessor → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

AOI → colonialStatus → Italian East Africa ⓘ

AOI → shortName → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Italian East African lira → countryOrRegionUsed → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Italian East African lira → countryOrRegionUsed → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Ethiopia

Italian East African lira → politicalEntityContext → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana)

British Military Administration in Eritrea → precededBy → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Governor of Italian Somaliland → partOf → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Governor of Italian Somaliland → seeAlso → Italian East Africa ⓘ

Allied occupation of Asmara → countryOccupied → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Cinema Impero → timePeriod → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian East Africa era

Massawa → historicalPeriod → Italian East Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Eritrea

Royal Decree of the Kingdom of Italy → appliedIn → Italian East Africa ⓘ