The six AOI governorates: Eritrea, Amara, Harar, Galla-Sidamo, Scioa and Somalia
Map showing Italian East Africa, with the borders of the governorates. (Note the smaller Addis Abeba Governorate before it became the Scioa Governorate)

The Italian colony of Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana) was composed of six governorates which made up the first level of country subdivisions for the colony.

The governorates of Amhara, Galla-Sidamo, Harar and Scioa constituted the "Italian Empire of Ethiopia", which covered about half of the previous Ethiopian Empire. The Eritrea and Somalia Governorates were formed from the previously separate colonies of Italian Eritrea and Somaliland, enlarged with the remainder of Ethiopian territory.[1]

The governorates were divided into governor commissariats, governed by a governor commissioner assisted by a vice commissioner. The commissariats were divided into residences, sometimes divided into vice residences. The governor commissioners were usually also the owners of the residence with headquarters in the commissariats capital.

As a rule, the headquarters of the commissariats were provided with primary schools, post offices and telegraphs, infirmaries with a doctor, and runways for airplanes. The residences were equipped with a post office, telegraph and infirmary with a doctor.

List of governorates

EnglishCapitalTotal population[1]Italians[1]TagCoat of arms
Amhara GovernorateGondar2,000,00011,103AM
Eritrea GovernorateAsmara1,500,00072,408ER
Galla-Sidamo GovernorateJimma4,000,00011,823GS
Harar GovernorateHarar1,600,00010,035HA
Scioa Governorate
(Known as the Addis Abeba Governorate until 1938)		Addis Ababa1,850,00040,698SC
Somalia GovernorateMogadishu1,150,000 (2,000,000 after the annexation of British Somaliland)19,200SOM

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Istat (December 2010). "I censimenti nell'Italia unita I censimenti nell'Italia unita Le fonti di stato della popolazione tra il XIX e il XXI secolo ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI STATISTICA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI DEMOGRAFIA STORICA Le fonti di stato della popolazione tra il XIX e il XXI secolo" (PDF). Annali di Statistica. XII. 2: 263. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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