Scioa Governorate

Addis Abeba Governorate (1936-1938)
Governatorato di Addis Abeba
Scioa Governorate (1938-1941)
Governatorato dello Scioa
Governorate of Italian East Africa
Flag of Scioa Governorate
Coat of Arms
(1936-1938)
Coat of Arms (1938-1941) of Scioa Governorate
Coat of Arms
(1938-1941)

Scioa (purple) within Italian East Africa
CapitalAddis Abeba
Population 
• 
ca. 1,850,000
Government
Governor 
• 1936
Giuseppe Bottai
• 1936-1938
Alfredo Siniscalchi
• 1938-1939
Francesco Canero Medici
• 1939
Enrico Cerulli
• 1939-1940
Guglielmo Nasi
• 1940-1941
Giuseppe Daodice
• 1941
Agenore Frangipani
Historical eraInterwar period
World War II
• Created
1 June 1936
• Enlarged into the Scioa Governorate
11 November 1938
6 April 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ethiopian Empire
Ethiopian Empire

The Scioa Governorate (Governo dello Scioa), also known as the Shewa 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 its administrative capital being Addis Abeba.


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