Galla-Sidamo Governorate
Galla-Sidamo 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 the capital was Jimma. In November 1938 some territory of Galla-Sidamo in the Scioa region was given the to neighboring Addis Abeba Governorate, enlarging it to the Scioa Governorate. The area bordering the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was the stronghold of the Ethiopian resistance against the Italians until 1939, when was practically pacified. The Governorate of Galla-Sidamo was subdivided into: Galla-Sidamo Governorate Galla