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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ho Chi Minh City	48
Ho Chi Minh City municipality	3
Gia Dinh	1
HCMC	1
Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area	1
Saigon, South Vietnam	1
present-day Ho Chi Minh City	1

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 (93)

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

French Indochina → administrativeCenter → Saigon ⓘ

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee → appliesToAdministrativeTerritory → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Just Blaze → associatedAct → Saigon ⓘ

Cochinchina → capital → Saigon ⓘ

Gia Định Province → capital → Saigon ⓘ

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam → capital → Saigon ⓘ

Republic of Vietnam → capital → Saigon ⓘ

South Vietnamese leadership → capital → Saigon ⓘ

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam → capitalAfter1976 → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee → capitalOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon → capitalOf → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City municipality

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → cededTerritory → Saigon ⓘ

Gia Định Province → centeredAround → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: present-day Ho Chi Minh City

Ben Thanh Market → city → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon → city → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

War Remnants Museum → city → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Tan Son Nhat International Airport → cityServed → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Cochinchina → contains → Saigon ⓘ

Nam Kỳ → contains → Saigon ⓘ

Saigon Port → countrySubdivision → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City municipality

Ngo Dinh Diem → deathPlace → Saigon ⓘ

Prey Nokor → developedInto → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Da 5 Bloods → filmingLocation → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon River → flowsThrough → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon → formerName → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gia Dinh

Prey Nokor → formerNameOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Foreign Trade University → hasCampusIn → 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

Nam Kỳ → hasCapital → Saigon ⓘ

Nam Kỳ → hasMajorCity → Saigon ⓘ

Southeast Asia → hasMajorCity → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee → headquartersLocation → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Gia Định Province → historicalNameOfAreaIncluding → Saigon ⓘ

Thu Duc City → isFirstOfTypeIn → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon → isMajorLandmarkOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon River → isMajorWaterwayOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee → jurisdiction → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Republic of Vietnam → largestCity → Saigon ⓘ

Viet Nam → largestCity → Saigon ⓘ

subject surface form: Vietnam

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Biên Hòa → locatedEastOf → 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 ⓘ

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

District 3 → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City Metro (under construction) → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

subject surface form: Ho Chi Minh City Metro

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Independence Palace → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City