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.

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

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

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

Saigon Central Post Office → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon Central Post Office → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

Saigon Port → 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

Tan Son Nhat International Airport → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area

War Remnants Museum → locatedIn → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon Port → locatedInFormerNamePlace → Saigon ⓘ

Gia Định Province → locatedInPresentDay → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Prey Nokor → locatedInPresentDay → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

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

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Biên Hòa → locatedNear → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Mỹ Tho → locatedSouthOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

August Revolution in Vietnam → location → Saigon ⓘ

Tet Offensive → location → Saigon ⓘ

United States Ambassador to South Vietnam → locationOfPost → Saigon ⓘ

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → locationSigned → Saigon ⓘ

Treaty of Saigon (1874) → locationSigned → Saigon ⓘ

Kinh people → majorUrbanCenter → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Fall of Saigon → namedAfter → Saigon ⓘ

Treaty of Saigon (1874) → namedAfter → Saigon ⓘ

Ho Chi Minh → namesakeOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Veronica Lake → notableWork → Saigon ⓘ

Saigon → officialName → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Thu Duc City → partOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon River → passesThrough → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Fall of Saigon → place → Saigon ⓘ

Ke Huy Quan → placeOfBirth → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saigon, South Vietnam

Ngo Dinh Diem → residence → Saigon ⓘ

Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation) → residence → Saigon ⓘ

subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu

Thieu → residence → Saigon ⓘ

subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu

Governor-General of French Indochina → seat → Saigon ⓘ

Tan Son Nhat International Airport → servesCity → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Da 5 Bloods → setInCity → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon → shortName → Saigon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: HCMC

Busan → sisterCity → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

District 3 → subdivisionOf → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City municipality

Gia Định Province → successorAdministrativeUnits → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Prey Nokor → successorSettlement → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Huynh Tan Phat → workLocation → Saigon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ho Chi Minh City

Nguyen Thi Binh → workLocation → Saigon ⓘ