 It was formed in 1936 from parts of the conquered Ethiopian Empire following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.It had a population of more than 2 million inhabitants (In 1940 11,200 were Italians settlers, mostly in the capital Gondar).In November 1938 some territory of Amhara in the Scioa region was given the to neighboring Addis Abeba Governorate, enlarging it to the Scioa Governorate.