1 9 4 0 ▁ ▁Rod ol fo ▁Gra z iani ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁to ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁ ▁Ital o ▁Gar ib old i ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁ ▁E tt ore ▁Bast ico ▁ 1 9 ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁to ▁ 2 ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁ ▁Giovanni ▁M esse ▁ 2 ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁to ▁ 1 3 ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁key ▁population ▁figures ▁for ▁Italian ▁Lib ya ▁were ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁Population ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁urban ▁cent res : ▁ ▁S ett ler ▁colonial ism ▁ ▁Many ▁It ali ans ▁were ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁sett le ▁in ▁Lib ya ▁during ▁the ▁F asc ist ▁period , ▁not ably ▁in ▁the ▁coast al ▁areas . ▁The ▁an nex ation ▁of ▁Lib ya ' s ▁coast al ▁provinces ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁brought ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁integral ▁part ▁of ▁metropol itan ▁Italy ▁that ▁were ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁Italian ▁settlement . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁of ▁Italian ▁sett lers ▁in ▁Lib ya ▁increased ▁rapidly ▁after ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression : ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁they ▁were ▁just ▁about ▁ 2 6 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁them , ▁by ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁they ▁were ▁