Territory
When established in 1936, Italian East Africa covered the former Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland and the recently conquered Ethiopia. King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy consequently adopted the title of "Emperor of Ethiopia". The colony was divided into the six governorates of Italian East Africa: Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, plus four provinces of Ethiopia (Amhara, Galla-Sidamo, Scioa, Harar) each under the authority of an Italian governor, answerable to the Italian viceroy, who represented the Emperor Victor Emmanuel.
Italian East Africa was briefly enlarged in 1940, as Italian forces conquered British Somaliland, thereby bringing all Somali territories under Italian administration. However, the enlarged colony was dismembered only a year later, when in the course of the British-led East African Campaign of June 1940 to November 1941 Italian East Africa was conquered.
The other Italian colony in Africa was Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI).
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