Italian Libya
Italian Libya (Italian: Libia Italiana; Arabic: ليبيا الإيطالية, Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy located in North Africa. It was formed from the Italian colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania that were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 to 1912. They were unified in 1934 by governor Italo Balbo, with Tripoli as the capital.
From 1911 until the establishment of a unified colony in 1934, the territory of the two colonies was sometimes referred to as "Italian Libya" or Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI). Both names were also used after the unification, with Italian Libya becoming the official name of the newly combined colony. It had a population of around 150,000 Italians.
In 1923, indigenous rebels associated with the Senussi Order organized the Libyan resistance movement against Italian settlement in Libya, mainly in Cyrenaica. The rebellion was put down by Italian forces in 1932, after the so-called "pacification campaign", which resulted in the deaths of a quarter of Cyrenaica's population.
Maps
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Libya
Founding Date
1934
Type
Geopolitical, Colony
Alternative Names
Italian North Africa
Power Structure
Dependent territory
Parent Organization
Location
Controlled Territories
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