| Conventional Long Name: | Galla-Sidamo Governorate |
| Subdivision: | Governorate |
| Nation: | Italian East Africa |
| Image Map Caption: | Galla-Sidamo (orange) within Italian East Africa |
| Capital: | Jimma |
| Era: | Interwar period World War II |
| Life Span: | 1936-1941 |
| Event Start: | Created |
| Date Start: | 1 June 1936 |
| Event End: | Allied occupation |
| Date End: | 6 July 1941 |
| Title Leader: | Governor |
| Leader1: | Carlo Geloso |
| Year Leader1: | 1936-1938 |
| Leader2: | Armando Felsani |
| Year Leader2: | 1938 |
| Leader3: | Pietro Gazzera |
| Year Leader3: | 1938-1941 |
| P1: | Ethiopian Empire |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg |
| S1: | Ethiopian Empire |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg |
| Stat Pop1: | ca. 4,000,000 |
Galla-Sidamo Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa. It was formed in 1936 from parts of the conquered Ethiopian Empire following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War with the capital was Jimma. In November 1938 some territory of Galla-Sidamo in the Scioa region was given to the neighboring Addis Abeba Governorate, enlarging it to the Scioa Governorate.
The area bordering the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was the stronghold of the Ethiopian resistance against the Italians until 1939, when it was practically pacified.
The Governorate of Galla-Sidamo was subdivided into:
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