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Saigon

capital of South Vietnam from 1956 to 1975 including the French-era cities of Saigon and Cholon
Organization First Level Administrative Division Q105076255

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
first-level administrative division, municipality, capital city[4][5]

Status and dates

Inception
October 22, 1956[7]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
May 3, 1975[8]
Replaced by
Ho Chi Minh City[12]
Replaces
Saigon, Cholon[10][11]

Location

Country
South Vietnam[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 10.800°, 106.650°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Vietnam[2]

Relations

Part of
administrative history of Ho Chi Minh City[6]
More facts +1
Capital of
South Vietnam[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Đô thành Sài Gòn en Sài Gòn en Saigon Capital City vi Đô thành Sài Gòn vi Saigon
🔖 Identifiers · 1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Saigon City Hall 3158830196 28c11d0b13.jpg ↗

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
city, municipality, first-level administrative division
People who died here 3
Thích Quảng Đức, Nguyen Van Lem, Nguyễn Tế Công
Replaces 2
Cholon, Saigon
← Headquarters location 2
Republic of Vietnam National Police, Vietnam Press Agency
← Replaced by 2
Cholon, Saigon
Capital of 1
South Vietnam
Contained subdivisions 1
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training
Country 1
South Vietnam
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
South Vietnam
Located in this place 1
Saigon Execution
People born here 1
Anh Dao Traxel
Replaced by 1
Ho Chi Minh City
← Replaces 1
Ho Chi Minh City
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Summary

Saigon is a first-level administrative division[1].

Related Entities

city Ho Chi Minh City Saigon South Vietnam Thích Quảng Đức

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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