Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh Province

Province
Place type
Province
Location
Latitude: 10.75, Longitude: 106.77

Hierarchy

  1. Asia
  2. Vietnam
  3. Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh Province

Description

Administratively autonomous city; Vietnamese first entered region 1600s; seized by French 1859; Vietnamese emperor Tu Duc ceded town to France 1862; base of American military operations during Vietnam War; captured by North Vietnamese forces in 1975.

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