Italians of Ethiopia

Italians of Ethiopia

Italo-etiopi (Italian)
Italian soldiers leaving for Ethiopia in 1935
Total population
1,400 (plus 2,000 descendants)
Regions with significant populations
Addis Ababa
Languages
Italian, Amharic
Religion
Christian, mostly Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Eritreans, Italian Libyans, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian Somalis, Italian South Africans, Italian Tunisians, Italian Zimbabweans

Italians of Ethiopia (Italian: Italo-etiopi, also called Italian Ethiopians) are Ethiopian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Ethiopia starting in the 19th century during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Ethiopia.

Most of the Italians moved to Ethiopia after the Italian conquest of Abyssinia in 1936. Italian Ethiopia was made of Harrar, Galla-Sidamo, Amhara and Scioa Governorates in summer 1936 and became a part of the Italian colony Italian East Africa, with capital Addis Ababa.^[1] and with Victor Emmanuel III proclaiming himself Emperor of Ethiopia.