Tonkin

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former French protectorate former colony historical region

Tonkin was a historical region in northern Vietnam, centered around Hanoi, that became a French protectorate and key part of colonial French Indochina.

Aliases (7)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former French protectorate → former colony → historical region →
borderedBy	Annam → China → Laos →
capital	Hanoi →
centeredAround	Hanoi →
colonialAdministrationType	protectorate under French Resident-Superior →
colonialLanguage	French →
colonialPower	France →
colonialSubdivisionOf	French Indochina →
country	Vietnam →
economicActivity	rice cultivation → trade →
formerAdministrativeCenter	Hanoi →
historicalEventAssociated	Sino-French War → Tonkin Campaign →
historicalNameInChinese	東京 →
historicalNameInVietnamese	Bắc Kỳ →
historicalPeriod	19th century → 20th century →
historicalRegionOf	Vietnam →
incorporatedInto	French Indochina → Vietnam →
knownFor	Red River Delta →
language	Vietnamese →
locatedIn	northern Vietnam →
locatedOn	Gulf of Tonkin →
majorRiver	Red River →
partOf	French Indochina → French colonial empire →
predecessor	northern Đại Nam territories →
presentDayTerritory	northern Vietnam →
regionOf	Red River Delta →
regionType	delta region → protectorate →
significantCity	Haiphong → Hải Dương → Nam Định →
status	French protectorate →
successor	Democratic Republic of Vietnam → North Vietnam → State of Vietnam →
timeZone	Indochina Time →
usedAs	geopolitical term →
usedBy	French colonial administration →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hai Phong ("northern Vietnam") → Hanoi ("Red River Delta") → Hoàng Mai District ("Northern Vietnam") → Nam Dinh Province ("northern Vietnam") → Nhuệ River ("northern Vietnam") → Tonkin ("northern Vietnam") →	locatedIn
August Revolution in Vietnam → Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina → Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina ("Annam") →	location
One Pillar Pagoda ("Northern Vietnam") → Palais du Gouverneur général de l’Indochine → Presidential Palace of Vietnam ("Northern Vietnam") →	region
Governor-General of French Indochina → Treaty of Huế (1884) →	appliesToTerritory
French Indochina → French Indochina ("Protectorate of Tonkin") →	containsTerritory
Ba Đình Square ("Northern Vietnam") → Đông Anh District ("Northern Vietnam") →	locatedInRegion
Treaty of Saigon (1874) →	appliesToTerritorialEntity
Protectorate of Annam ("Protectorate of Tonkin") →	borderedBy
Democratic Republic of Vietnam ("northern Vietnam") →	controlledTerritory
Government of North Vietnam ("northern Vietnam") →	countrySubdivisionRuled
August General Uprising →	mainLocation
Tonkin ("northern Đại Nam territories") →	predecessor
Tonkin ("northern Vietnam") →	presentDayTerritory
Noi Bai International Airport ("Northern Vietnam") →	servesRegion
Viet Minh ("Tonkin (northern Vietnam)") →	territorialBase
Han dynasty ("northern Vietnam") →	territoryIncludes
piastre of French Indochina →	usedIn