Cochinchina

E16394
former colony historical region

Cochinchina was the southern region of Vietnam that became a French colony and later formed part of French Indochina.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Bắc Kỳ 2
Colony of Cochinchina 2
French Cochinchina 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeType French colony ⓘ
protectorate (earlier Vietnamese usage) ⓘ
alternativeName Cochinchina ⓘ
surface form: Basse-Cochinchine

Nam Kỳ ⓘ
borderedBy Cambodia ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
capital Saigon ⓘ
colonialAdministration Governor-General of French Indochina ⓘ
surface form: Gouverneur de la Cochinchine
colonialPolicy direct French rule ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
colonialStatus French colony ⓘ
contains Biên Hòa ⓘ
Châu Đốc ⓘ
Cần Thơ ⓘ
Hà Tiên ⓘ
Mỹ Tho ⓘ
Saigon ⓘ
Vĩnh Long ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
currency piastre de commerce ⓘ
economicActivity rice cultivation ⓘ
rubber plantations ⓘ
endDate 1949 ⓘ
event Treaty of Saigon (1862) ⓘ
Treaty of Saigon (1874) ⓘ
geographicalFeature Mekong Delta ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Imperialism ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
surface form: French colonial period in Vietnam
incorporatedInto French Indochina ⓘ
surface form: Union of Indochina (1887)
language French ⓘ
Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
mergedInto Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: State of Vietnam
metropole French Fourth Republic ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
note Cochinchina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: In European usage, sometimes referred to all of Vietnam, but later restricted to the southern region
partOf French Indochina ⓘ
French colonial empire ⓘ
predecessor Gia Định Province ⓘ
Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startDate 1862 ⓘ
successor Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
usedBy European traders ⓘ
Portuguese explorers ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cochinchina → alternativeName → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basse-Cochinchine
Protectorate of Annam → borderedBy → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Cochinchina
French Indochina → containsTerritory → Cochinchina ⓘ
French Indochina → containsTerritory → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Cochinchina
Nam Kỳ → distinctFrom → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bắc Kỳ
Saigon → formerCapitalOf → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Cochinchina
Nam Kỳ → hasAlternativeName → Cochinchina ⓘ
Tonkin → historicalNameInVietnamese → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bắc Kỳ
Cần Thơ → historicalRegion → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Cochinchina
Can Tho → locatedIn → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Vietnam
Independence Palace → locatedIn → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Vietnam
Mekong Delta → locatedIn → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Vietnam
War Remnants Museum → locatedIn → Cochinchina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Vietnam
Cochinchina → note → Cochinchina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: In European usage, sometimes referred to all of Vietnam, but later restricted to the southern region
Gia Định Province → partOf → Cochinchina ⓘ
Nam Kỳ → partOf → Cochinchina ⓘ
Treaty of Saigon (1874) → relatedTo → Cochinchina ⓘ
piastre of French Indochina → usedIn → Cochinchina ⓘ