French Indochina

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French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial federation
former French colony
historical political entity
administrativeCenter Saigon
borderedBy Burma (until 1937)
surface form: British Burma

China
Thailand
surface form: Siam

South China Sea
Thailand
capital Hanoi
colonialPower France
colonialStatus federation of colonies and protectorates
commonLanguage Khmer
Lao
Vietnamese
containsTerritory Viet Nam
surface form: Annam

Cambodia
Cochinchina
Cochinchina
surface form: Colony of Cochinchina

Laos
Protectorate of Annam
Cambodia
surface form: Protectorate of Cambodia

French Indochina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Protectorate of Laos

Tonkin
surface form: Protectorate of Tonkin

Tonkin
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
country France
currency French Indochina self-linksurface differs
surface form: piastre of French Indochina
dissolvedFollowing First Indochina War
Geneva Conference of 1954
economicActivity mining
rice cultivation
rubber plantations
endTime 1954
establishedBy French Third Republic
surface form: Third French Republic
governingBody Governor-General of French Indochina
locatedIn Southeast Asia
nativeName French Indochina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indochine française
officialLanguage French
partOf French colonial empire
religion Buddhism
Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Cambodia
surface form: Kingdom of Cambodia

Laos
surface form: Kingdom of Laos

Viet Nam
surface form: State of Vietnam
shortName French Indochina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indochina
significantEvent August Revolution in Vietnam
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Japanese occupation during World War II
startTime 1887

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Treaty of Saigon (1874) relatedTo French Indochina
Treaty of Huế (1884) relatedTo French Indochina
piastre of French Indochina country French Indochina
piastre of French Indochina currencyOf French Indochina
Force 136 areaServed French Indochina
northwestern Vietnam colonialHistory French Indochina
subject surface form: Northwestern Vietnam
T’ai Federation partOf French Indochina
Anti-French Resistance War location French Indochina
independence of Laos hasPredecessor French Indochina
this entity surface form: French Protectorate of Laos
independence of Laos colonialEntity French Indochina
Dien Bien Phu locatedInFormerEntity French Indochina
DRV predecessor French Indochina
subject surface form: Democratic Republic of Vietnam
French authorities governs French Indochina
Empire of Vietnam precededBy French Indochina
Imperial Vietnam followedBy French Indochina
Ngo Dinh Nhu placeOfBirth French Indochina
Diem placeOfBirth French Indochina
subject surface form: Ngô Đình Diệm
Bảo Đại placeOfBirth French Indochina
Uncle Ho birthPlace French Indochina
subject surface form: Ho Chi Minh
French Forces in Indochina location French Indochina
Dương Văn Minh placeOfBirth French Indochina
Duong Van Minh birthPlace French Indochina
Trần Văn Hương placeOfBirth French Indochina
Thiệu Văn Nguyễn placeOfBirth French Indochina
subject surface form: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Ngo Dinh Thuc birthPlace French Indochina
United States (for Lon Nol government) theaterOfWar French Indochina
this entity surface form: Indochina
Lon Nol placeOfBirth French Indochina
Norodom Sihanouk birthCountry French Indochina
Kingdom of Cambodia (Sihanouk government) predecessor French Indochina
this entity surface form: French Protectorate of Cambodia
Pol Pot placeOfBirth French Indochina
Souphanouvong placeOfBirth French Indochina
The Lover settingLocation French Indochina
subject surface form: The Lover (1992 film)
Two Brothers settingLocation French Indochina
Lê Hồng Phong countryOfDeath French Indochina
Lê Đức Thọ placeOfBirth French Indochina
Nguyen Cao Ky placeOfBirth French Indochina
Maison Centrale locatedIn French Indochina
"Hỏa Lò" can mean "fiery furnace" or "stove" locatedIn French Indochina
subject surface form: Hỏa Lò
French protectorates included French Indochina
this entity surface form: French Protectorate of Laos
French protectorates included French Indochina
this entity surface form: French Protectorate of Cambodia
Nhà tù Hỏa Lò usedBy French Indochina
this entity surface form: French Indochina authorities