Saigon

E6450
city former capital

Saigon, now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City, is Vietnam’s largest city and a historic economic and cultural hub in the south of the country.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Ho Chi Minh City 365
Saigon canonical 104
Ho Chi Minh City municipality 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
administrativeStatus centrally controlled municipality ⓘ
capitalOf Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ho Chi Minh City municipality
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
currency Vietnamese đồng ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese dong
fallOfSaigonDate 1975-04-30 ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Cochinchina ⓘ
surface form: French Cochinchina

Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
formerName Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gia Dinh

Prey Nokor ⓘ
governedBy Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport Tan Son Nhat International Airport ⓘ
hasLegislature Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee ⓘ
surface form: Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council
hasMajorPort Saigon Port ⓘ
hasMetroSystem Ho Chi Minh City Metro (under construction) ⓘ
hasPart District 1 ⓘ
District 3 ⓘ
Thu Duc City ⓘ
historicalEvent Fall of Saigon ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf southern Vietnam ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
isLargestCityOf Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
isMunicipalityOf Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
knownFor French colonial architecture ⓘ
vibrant street food culture ⓘ
war history museums ⓘ
language Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
southern Vietnam ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Kinh ⓘ
majorReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Caodaism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
mergedWith Cholon ⓘ
namedAfter Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
near Mekong Delta ⓘ
officialName Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
shortName Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: HCMC
timezone Western Indonesian Time ⓘ
surface form: Indochina Time
touristAttraction Ben Thanh Market ⓘ
Independence Palace ⓘ
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon ⓘ
Saigon Central Post Office ⓘ
War Remnants Museum ⓘ
traversedBy Saigon River ⓘ
utcOffset +7 ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (485)

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

French Indochina → administrativeCenter → Saigon ⓘ
Viet Nam → largestCity → Saigon ⓘ
subject surface form: Vietnam
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Busan → sisterCity → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam → capital → Saigon ⓘ
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam → capitalAfter1976 → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation) → residence → Saigon ⓘ
subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
Governor-General of French Indochina → seat → Saigon ⓘ
Saigon → officialName → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon → shortName → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: HCMC
Saigon → formerName → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gia Dinh
Saigon → capitalOf → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City municipality
August Revolution in Vietnam → location → Saigon ⓘ
Southeast Asia → hasMajorCity → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyen Thi Binh → workLocation → Saigon ⓘ
Cochinchina → capital → Saigon ⓘ
Cochinchina → contains → Saigon ⓘ
Tet Offensive → location → Saigon ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam → capital → Saigon ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam → largestCity → Saigon ⓘ
Fall of Saigon → place → Saigon ⓘ
Fall of Saigon → namedAfter → Saigon ⓘ
Ngo Dinh Diem → deathPlace → Saigon ⓘ
Ngo Dinh Diem → residence → Saigon ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh → namesakeOf → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Veronica Lake → notableWork → Saigon ⓘ
Huynh Tan Phat → workLocation → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government → hasCapital → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
South Vietnamese leadership → capital → Saigon ⓘ
Thieu → residence → Saigon ⓘ
subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
Foreign Trade University → hasCampusIn → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Prey Nokor → locatedInPresentDay → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Prey Nokor → developedInto → Saigon ⓘ
Prey Nokor → developedInto → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Prey Nokor → formerNameOf → Saigon ⓘ
Prey Nokor → formerNameOf → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Prey Nokor → successorSettlement → Saigon ⓘ
Prey Nokor → successorSettlement → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Cholon → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Cholon → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
District 1 → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon River → flowsThrough → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon River → passesThrough → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon River → isMajorWaterwayOf → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Tan Son Nhat International Airport → servesCity → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Tan Son Nhat International Airport → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Tan Son Nhat International Airport → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area
Tan Son Nhat International Airport → cityServed → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh Market → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh Market → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ
Ben Thanh Market → city → Saigon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City