Oltre Giuba
Italian Trans-Juba Oltre Giuba Italiana (Italian) | |||||||||
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Victor Emmanuel III | |||||||||
• 1924–1926 | Corrado Zoli | ||||||||
Historical era | Italian Somalia | 10 June 1926 | |||||||
Currency | Italian lira | ||||||||
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Oltre Giuba or Trans-Juba (
History
Jubaland
Italian Trans-Juba was established in 1924, after the United Kingdom ceded the northern portion of the
Italy issued its first postage stamps for the new colony on 29 July 1925, consisting of Italian stamps overprinted Oltre Giuba. Britain retained control of the southern half of the partitioned Jubaland territory, which was later called the Northern Frontier District.[3]
In 1925, a year after its formation, Trans-Juba was integrated into Italian Somaliland.[4]
The colony had a total area of 87,000 km² (33,000 sq mi), and in 1926, a population of 120,000 inhabitants. In the capital Kismayo (Chisimaio), there was a small group of Italian settlers, mostly merchants. During this period, the city was the third largest in Somalia and served as a port of call for small military ships.
Bajuni Islands
The
See also
References
- ^ Cassanelli, Lee. "The opportunistic economics of the Kenya-Somali borderland in historical perspective." Borders and Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africa (2010): 133-150.
- ^ Oliver, Roland Anthony (1976). History of East Africa, Volume 2. Clarendon Press. p. 7.
- ^ Osman, Mohamed Amin AH (1993). Somalia, proposals for the future. SPM. pp. 1–10.
- ^ http://www.dcstamps.com/?p=1296 Oltre Giuba (Trans-Juba), Italian Colony (1924 – 1926)
- JSTOR 1787038
Bibliography
- Vittorio Bottego, Viaggi di scoperta nel cuore dell' Africa: il Giuba esplorato, sotta gli auspici della Società geografica italiana., E. Loescher & c.o, 1895
- Guida dell'Africa Orientale Italiana, Ed. Consociazione Turistica Italiana, Milano 1938, p. 585-596
- Tripodi, Paolo. The Colonial Legacy in Somalia. St. Martin's Press. New York, 1999.