Italian Eritrea

Colonia Eritrea
StatusColony of Italy
CapitalAsmara
Common languagesItalian (official)
Tigrinya, Hejazi Arabic
Religion
Catholicism
Oriental Orthodoxy
Islam
Governor
• 1890
Baldassarre Orero
• 1935-1936
Pietro Badoglio
Historical eraScramble for Africa
• Established
1 January 1890
• Disestablished
1936