Harar Governorate

Harar Governorate
Governatorato di Harar
Governorate of Italian East Africa
of Harar Governorate
Coat of arms

Harar (yellow) within Italian East Africa
CapitalHarar
Population 
• 
ca. 1,600,000
Government
Governor 
• 1936-1939
Guglielmo Nasi
• 1939-1940
Enrico Cerulli
• 1940-1941
Guglielmo Nasi
• 1941
Pompeo Gorini [it]
• 1941
Carlo De Simone
Historical eraInterwar period
World War II
• Created
1 June 1936
24 April 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ethiopian Empire
Ethiopian Empire

Harar 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.

The capital of governorate was Harar, but Dire Dawa was the most important city. In the territories around these two cities more than 10,000 Italian colonists went to live since 1937 creating some manufacturing industries (after the area was pacified from the Arbegnoch guerrilla). In November 1938 some territory of Harar in the Scioa region was given to the neighboring Addis Abeba Governorate, enlarging it to the Scioa Governorate.

Italian troops in the Dire Dawa railway station in 1936

The Harar governorate was subdivided in the "Commissariati" of Arussi, Cercer, Dire Dawa, Ghimir, Giggiga, Goba, Harar and Adama.