Gia Định Province

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former province historical administrative division

Gia Định Province was a major historical administrative region in southern Vietnam centered around present-day Ho Chi Minh City, playing a key role in the early development of the area under Vietnamese rule.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gia Định	1
Gia Định region	1
Gia Định region around Saigon	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former province ⓘ historical administrative division ⓘ
capital	Saigon ⓘ
centeredAround	Saigon ⓘ surface form: present-day Ho Chi Minh City
country	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
dissolvedInto	smaller provinces around Saigon region ⓘ
governedBy	French colonial authorities in Cochinchina ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ Nguyễn ⓘ surface form: Nguyễn lords
historicalNameOfAreaIncluding	Saigon ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gia Định Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gia Định region
languageOfName	Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast region of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: southern Vietnam
locatedInPresentDay	Binh Duong Province ⓘ surface form: Bình Dương Province Saigon ⓘ surface form: Ho Chi Minh City Long An Province ⓘ Tây Ninh Province ⓘ Dong Nai Province ⓘ surface form: Đồng Nai Province
namedAfter	Gia Định Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gia Định region around Saigon
partOf	Cochinchina ⓘ
playedRole	early development of southern Vietnam under Vietnamese rule ⓘ
scriptOfHistoricalName	chữ Nôm ⓘ
significance	administrative core around Saigon ⓘ early political center of southern Vietnam ⓘ
status	defunct administrative unit ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnits	Saigon ⓘ surface form: Ho Chi Minh City surrounding southern provinces ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-20th century ⓘ
usedBy	French colonial empire ⓘ surface form: French colonial administration Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ surface form: Nguyễn dynasty administration

Referenced by (6)

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

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → cededTerritory → Gia Định Province ⓘ

Gia Định Province → historicalRegion → Gia Định Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gia Định region

Gia Định Province → namedAfter → Gia Định Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gia Định region around Saigon

Nam Kỳ → precededBy → Gia Định Province ⓘ

Cochinchina → predecessor → Gia Định Province ⓘ

Prey Nokor → successorSettlement → Gia Định Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gia Định