12 Facts About Italian Somalia

Italian Somalia, was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia.

Italian Somalia then came under British military administration until 1950, when it became a United Nations trusteeship, the Trust Territory of Somalia under Italian administration.

On 1 July 1960, the Trust Territory of Italian Somalia united in agreement with the former British Somaliland protectorate to form the Somali Republic.

On 5 April 1908, the Italian Parliament enacted a basic law to unite all of the parts of southern Somalia into an area called "Somalia Italiana".

Effective Italian Somalia control remained largely limited to the coastal areas until the early 1920s.

Related searches

In 1920, a member of the Italian Somalia Royal Family, The Duca degli Abruzzi, who was a famous explorer, would establish the Societa Agricola Italo-Somala in order to explore the agricultural potential of the territory.

Italian Somalia viewed himself less as an invader than as a liberator of the occupied Somali territories, including the Ogaden region, to which the Ethiopian Empire laid claim.

In June 1936, after the war ended, Italian Somaliland became part of Italian East Africa forming the Somalia Governorate.

In 1949, when the British military administration ended, Italian Somalia Somaliland became a United Nations trusteeship known as the Trust Territory of Somaliland.

Italian Somalia was an official language in Italian Somalia Somaliland during the Fiduciary Mandate, as well as in the first years of independence.

In 1954, the Italian Somalia government established post-secondary institutions of law, economics and social studies in Mogadishu, the territory's capital.

On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum, the people of Italian Somalia ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960.