Nam Kỳ

E93306

former French colony historical region

Nam Kỳ is the Vietnamese name for Cochinchina, the historical southern region of Vietnam that was colonized by France and later became part of the modern Vietnamese state.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former French colony → historical region →
colonialStatus	French colony →
colonizedBy	France →
contains	An Giang → Biên Hòa → Bạc Liêu → Cần Thơ → Gò Công → Hà Tiên → Long Xuyên → Mỹ Tho → Rạch Giá → Saigon → Sóc Trăng → Trà Vinh → Vĩnh Long →
controlledBy	French Third Republic →
country	Vietnam →
distinctFrom	Bắc Kỳ → Trung Kỳ →
ethnicGroupPresent	Chinese → Khmer → Kinh →
followedBy	Republic of Vietnam → State of Vietnam → modern southern Vietnam →
hasAlternativeName	Cochinchina → Nam Kỳ Lục Tỉnh →
hasCapital	Saigon →
hasMajorCity	Chợ Lớn → Cần Thơ → Mỹ Tho → Saigon →
hasVietnameseName	Nam Kỳ →
historicalPeriod	19th century → 20th century →
languageUsed	French → Vietnamese →
legalStatusInFrenchIndochina	directly administered colony →
locatedIn	southern Vietnam →
locatedOn	Mekong Delta → South China Sea →
nowPartOf	Socialist Republic of Vietnam →
partOf	Cochinchina → French Indochina → French colonial empire → Mekong Delta region →
precededBy	Gia Định Province → southern territories of the Nguyễn dynasty →
religionPresent	Buddhism → Roman Catholicism →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cochinchina →	alternativeName
Nam Kỳ →	hasVietnameseName