Italian Eritrea

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:administeredBy Italian Ministry of Colonies
gptkbp:area 121,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Red_Sea
gptkb:Sudan
gptkbp:capital Asmara
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of Italian Eritrea
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Kingdom_of_Italy
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Italian_lira
gptkb:Eritrean_tallero
gptkbp:demographics gptkb:Tigre_people
gptkb:Tigrinya_people
gptkb:Italian_settlers
gptkbp:dissolved 1941
gptkbp:established 1890
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:café
gptkb:livestock
cotton
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Italian_Eritrea
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Ferdinando_Martini
Giovanni Cerrina Feroni
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Italian colony in Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Italian Eritrea
gptkbp:import manufactured goods
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Horn_of_Africa
gptkbp:militaryConflict East African Campaign (WWII)
gptkbp:notableBuilding Italian modernist architecture in Asmara
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Massawa
gptkb:Keren
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Keren_(1941)
gptkbp:notablePerson Carlo Cavanna
Giuseppe Sapeto
Sebhat Efrem
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Italian
Tigrinya
gptkbp:partOf Italian East Africa (from 1936)
gptkbp:population about 760,000 (1939)
gptkbp:postalCode Italian Eritrea postage stamps
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Eritrea
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:British_Military_Administration_in_Eritrea
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Asmara–Massawa_Railway
Asmara–Keren Road
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hamasien,_Eritrea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6