AOI

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AOI is the Italian abbreviation for Italian East Africa, the former colonial territory in the Horn of Africa ruled by Italy from 1936 to 1941.

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AOI canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Italian colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
abbreviationOf Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
administrativeCenter Addis Ababa ⓘ
capital Addis Ababa ⓘ
colonialPower Italy ⓘ
colonialStatus Italian East Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
deFactoLeader Benito Mussolini ⓘ
dissolutionCause Italian defeat in East Africa during World War II ⓘ
endTime 1941 ⓘ
establishedBy Royal Decree of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
fullName Africa Orientale Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
hasColonialPolicy Italianization policies in East Africa ⓘ
historicalEra Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
historicalRegion East Africa ⓘ
inceptionEvent Italian conquest of Ethiopia ⓘ
includedTerritory Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Italian Somaliland ⓘ
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
militaryConflict East African Campaign (World War II) ⓘ
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Italian ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Italian colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: Italian Empire
predecessor Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa

Italian Somaliland ⓘ
Kingdom of Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian Empire
rulingMonarch Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
shortName Italian East Africa ⓘ
startTime 1936 ⓘ
status defunct political entity ⓘ
successor British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
British Military Administration in Ethiopia ⓘ
British Military Administration in Italian Somaliland ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
usedBy Italian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Italy
usedIn Italian official documents ⓘ

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