Italian Libya

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Italian Libya was an early 20th-century North African colonial territory under Italian rule, encompassing the regions of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian colonial possession
former colony
historical region
borderedBy Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Egypt
French Algeria
French protectorate of Tunisia
surface form: French Tunisia

French West Africa
Mediterranean Sea
capital Tripoli
colonialPower Italy
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
commonLanguage Arabic
continent Africa
country Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
currency Italian lira
dissolutionCause defeat of Italy in World War II
endTime 1943
establishedBy Royal Decree of the Kingdom of Italy
flagBearerState Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
formedBy unification of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan under Italian rule
governingBody Italian colonial administration
governmentType colonial administration
historicalEvent Italian Libya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Italian colonization of Libya

Italian settlement policy in Libya
North African campaign
surface form: World War II North African campaign
includesRegion Cyrenaica
Fezzan
Tripolitania
locatedIn North Africa
majorCity Benghazi
Derna
Misrata
Sabha
Tripoli
officialLanguage Italian
partOf Italian North Africa
Italian Empire
surface form: Italian colonial empire
predecessor Cyrenaica
surface form: Italian Cyrenaica

Italian North Africa
surface form: Italian Fezzan (military occupation)

Tripolitania
surface form: Italian Tripolitania
religion Islam
Roman Catholicism
startTime 1934
successor Allied administration of Libya
British Military Administration of Cyrenaica
British Military Administration of Tripolitania
Fezzan
surface form: French Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames
todayPartOf Libya
surface form: State of Libya

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Italo Balbo governedTerritory Italian Libya
Kingdom of Italy hadColony Italian Libya
Italian Libya historicalEvent Italian Libya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Italian colonization of Libya
Battle of Bardia location Italian Libya
Fezzan partOf Italian Libya
this entity surface form: Tripolitania–Cyrenaica–Fezzan division of Libya
Italo Balbo positionHeld Italian Libya
this entity surface form: Governor-General of Italian Libya
Italo-Turkish War relatedEvent Italian Libya
this entity surface form: Italian colonization of Libya
Tripolitania wasAdministrativeUnit Italian Libya
Cyrenaica wasPartOf Italian Libya
Tarabulus al-Gharb wasPartOf Italian Libya