Governorates of Italian East Africa - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The governorates of Italian East Africa (A.O.I) formed the first level of country subdivision.
The territory was divided into 6 Governments. Existed until 1938 the Governorate of Addis Ababa, whose territory was integrated in the new government of Shoa, with a municipal administration.

The governments were ruled by a governor assisted by a Governing Council, whose members the highest authorities of the Government. The Governments of Amhara

Amhara

Amhara may refer to:* Amhara people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia* Amharic language, spoken by the Amhara people* Amhara Province, a medieval province of Ethiopia from which the people and language got their name...

, Galla and Sidamo, Harar and Shoa costituting the Italian Empire of Ethiopia, who was about half of the Ethiopian state until 1936.

The governments were divided into the government commissioner, ruled by a government commissioner assisted by a Deputy Commissioner, usually also the owner of the residence in the central town of the Commissioner. The commissioners were divided into residences, sometimes divided into Vice Residences.

As a rule, the seat of the High Commissioner was provided with primary schools, post office and telegraph, infirmary with a doctor, runway for airplanes. The residences’s locations were equipped with a post office, telegraph and infirmary with a doctor.

English	Italian	Capital	Population	Abbrev.
Amhara Governorate Amhara Governorate Amhara Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa, capital was at Gondar....	Amara	Gondar Gondar Gondar or Gonder is a city in Ethiopia, which was once the old imperial capital and capital of the historic Begemder Province. As a result, the old province of Begemder is sometimes referred to as Gondar...	2.000.000 ab.	AM
Eritrea Governorate Eritrea Governorate Eritrea Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa, capital was Asmara....	Eritrea	Asmara Asmara Asmara is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people...	1.000.000 ab.	ER
Harrar Governorate Harrar Governorate Harrar Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa....	Harar	Harrar	1.300.000 ab.	HA
Galla-Sidamo Governorate Galla-Sidamo Governorate Galla-Sidamo Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa, capital was Jimma.The Governatorate of Gallo-Sidamo in the Africa Orientale Italiana was one of the six in which was divided this imperial colony of Italy between 1936 and 1941....	Galla e Sidama	Jimma Jimma Jimma, also Jima, is the largest city in southwestern Ethiopia. Located in the Jimma Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of . The town was the capital of Kaffa Province until the province was dissolved. Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administratively as a... /Gimma	1.600.000 ab.	GS
Shewa Governorate	Scioà	Addis Abeba	300.000 ab.	SC
Somalia Governorate Somalia Governorate Somalia Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa.... also Somali Governorate	Somalia	Mogadishu Mogadishu Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries.... /Mogadiscio	1.300.000 ab.	SOM

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