Galla-Sidamo Governorate Governatorato di Galla e Sidama
Governorate of Italian East Africa
Coat of Arms
Galla-Sidamo (orange) within Italian East Africa
Capital	Jimma
Population
?	ca. 4,000,000
Government
Governor
? 1936-1938	Carlo Geloso
? 1938	Armando Felsani
? 1938-1941	Pietro Gazzera
Historical era	Interwar period World War II
?  Created	1 June 1936
?  Allied occupation	6 July 1941
Preceded by Succeeded by Ethiopian Empire Ethiopian Empire

Galla-Sidamo Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa . It was formed in 1936 from parts of the conquered Ethiopian Empire following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War with the capital was Jimma . In November 1938 some territory of Galla-Sidamo in the Scioa region was given to the neighboring Addis Abeba Governorate , enlarging it to the Scioa Governorate .

The area bordering the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was the stronghold of the Ethiopian resistance against the Italians until 1939, when it was practically pacified.

The Governorate of Galla-Sidamo was subdivided into:

See also [ edit ]

• List of governors of the Galla-Sidamo Governorate
• Italian Ethiopia

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Beltrami, Vanni. "Italia d'oltremare. Storie dei territori italiani dalla conquista alla caduta." Edizioni Nuova Cultura. Roma, 2013 ISBN   978-88-6134-702-1 [1]