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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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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