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| Additionally, there was a project to connect Mogadishu with the ], and another to start the construction of an airport on the outskirts of the city. The ports of the capital and of ] further south were also slated for enlargement in 1941. However, the outbreak of ] put a halt to these plans. | Additionally, there was a project to connect Mogadishu with the ], and another to start the construction of an airport on the outskirts of the city. The ports of the capital and of ] further south were also slated for enlargement in 1941. However, the outbreak of ] put a halt to these plans. | ||
| From 1936 the Mogadishu port started to have a weekly international ship line for passengers, connecting Italian Mogadiscio with ] in ] and ] in ] with the Italian ] and ].<ref></ref> The ] was a transatlantic ship that served the port of Mogadiscio. Later, in 1941 the port was damaged by British bombings during ]. | |||
| The colony in the late 1930s was one of the most developed in all ] in terms of the standard of living of the colonists and of the local inhabitants, mainly in the urban areas like the capital and ] & ]. Also a car race circuit was created in the capital: the colonial-era famous ]. | |||
| By 1940, the ] (called also "Villabruzzi"; currently ]) had a population of 12,000 people, of whom nearly 3,000 were Italian Somalis, and enjoyed a notable level of development with a small manufacturing area with agricultural industries (sugar mills, etc.).<ref></ref> The biggest production of salt in the world was exported from the ''Saline Dante''<ref></ref> of ] in northern Somalia (currently ], then called "Dante"). | |||
| ==Governorates of Italian East Africa== | |||
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| ! English!! Italian!! Capital!! Total population!! Italians<ref>"Istat 1940"</ref> !! Tag!! Coat of Arms | |||
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| | ] || Amara || ] || 2,000,000 || 11,103 || AM || ] | |||
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| | ] || Eritrea || ] || 1,500,000 || 72,408 || ER || ] | |||
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| | ] || Galla e Sidama || ]/Gimma || 4,000,0000 || 11,823|| GS || ] | |||
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| | ] || Harar || ] || 1,600,000 || 10,035 || HA || ] | |||
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| | ]<ref name="solomoniccrownheraldry1"></ref> || Scioà || ] || 1,850,000 || 40,698 || SC || ] | |||
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| | Somalia Governorate <ref name="solomoniccrownheraldry1"/> || Somalia || ]|| 1,150,000 || 19,200 || SOM || ] | |||
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| In the summer of 1940, Italian forces ] ] and incorporated it into the Somalia Governorate. British troops later re-seized the territory in March 1941. | In the summer of 1940, Italian forces ] ] and incorporated it into the Somalia Governorate. British troops later re-seized the territory in March 1941. | ||
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Former governorate of Italian East Africa| Somalia GovernorateGovernatorato della Somalia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Governorate of Italian East Africa | |||||||||||||||||
Coat of arms
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.svg) Somalia (green) within Italian East Africa | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Mogadishu | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||
| • | ca. 1,150,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||||||
| • 1936–1937 | Ruggiero Santini | ||||||||||||||||
| • 1937–1940 | Francesco Caroselli | ||||||||||||||||
| • 1940–1941 | Gustavo Pesenti | ||||||||||||||||
| • 1941 | Carlo De Simone | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period World War II | ||||||||||||||||
| • Created | 1 June 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| • British Somaliland annexed | 19 August 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| • British occupation | 25 February 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
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Somalia Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa. It was formed from the previously separate colony of Italian Somalia, enlarged by the Ogaden region of the conquered Ethiopian Empire following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
History
The Somalia Governorate lasted from 1936 until 1941. Its administrative capital was Mogadishu. In 1936, the capital had a population of 50,000 inhabitants, of which nearly 20,000 were Italian Somalis.
By 1941, 30,000 Italians lived in Mogadishu, representing around 33% of the city's total 90,000 residents. They frequented local Italian schools that the colonial authorities had opened, such as the "Liceum".
The Italian authorities in 1937 began construction of a paved highway from Mogadishu to Addis Ababa, which was completed in 1940. Other roads were started in 1939, from Mogadishu to the northern Somali coast and to the British Kenya Colony to the south.
Additionally, there was a project to connect Mogadishu with the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, and another to start the construction of an airport on the outskirts of the city. The ports of the capital and of Kismayo further south were also slated for enlargement in 1941. However, the outbreak of World War II put a halt to these plans.
In the summer of 1940, Italian forces conquered British Somaliland and incorporated it into the Somalia Governorate. British troops later re-seized the territory in March 1941.
See also
Notes
- Santoianni, Vittorio (2008). Il Razionalismo nelle colonie italiane 1928-1943: La «nuova architettura» delle Terre d’Oltremare (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in Italian). Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. doi:10.6092/UNINA/FEDOA/1881.
- McDannald, A. H., ed. (1942). The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events, 1942. New York: Americana Corporation.
- Cecini, Stefano (n.d.). "La realizzazione della rete stradale in Africa orientale italiana (1936-41)". uniroma1.it (in Italian).
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Bibliography
- G. Pini. La strada nell’Africa Orientale Italiana in “Quaderni italiani serie xv, L’Africa Italiana” n. 4
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