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Southern Vietnam

One of the three geographical regions in Vietnam

One of the three geographical regions in Vietnam

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the geographical region in Vietnam

Southern Vietnam () is one of the three geographical regions of Vietnam, the other two being Northern and Central Vietnam. It includes 2 administrative subregions, which in turn are divided into 19 First Tier units, of which 17 are provinces and 2 are municipalities.

Known as Nam Bộ today in Vietnamese, it was historically called Gia Định (1779–1832), Nam Kỳ (1832–1945, during Nguyễn's Lục tỉnh and French Cochinchina), Nam Bộ (1945 to the present, encompassing the Empire of Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and Nam Phần, sometimes Nam Việt (1948–1975, during the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam). Cochinchina is a historical exonym for this region during the colonial period, which referred to the entire domain of Đàng Trong in the feudal period. A more accurate term for the southern region is Lower Cochinchina, or Basse-Cochinchine in French.

In the early period, Southern Vietnam was under the Kingdom of Funan (from the 1st century CE until the 7th century CE) and later the Khmer Empire (from the 9th century CE to the 15th century). Southern Vietnam was conquered by the Nguyễn lords in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The main ethnicities in Southern Vietnam are Kinh, Khmer and Hoa.

Administration

Administrative regionFirst Tier unitstitle=Area, population and population density by provinceurl=https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/px-web/?pxid=E0201&theme=Population%20and%20Employmentaccess-date=12 April 2024website=General Statistics Office of Vietnam}} – Interactive table which you can view by making your selection in three boxes: (1) *Cities, provinces*: Select all; (2) *Year*: Select 2022; (3) *Items*: Select all.Population (2022)Population density
(people/km2)
**Southeast** (Đông Nam Bộ, Miền Đông)23,551.4218,810,780798.71
**Mekong River Delta** (Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long)
or **Southwest** (Tây Nam Bộ, Miền Tây)40,922.5817,432,120425.98

Municipality (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)

References

References

  1. Royal Woodblocks of Nguyễn Dynasty – World documentary heritage. (2021). "Significant collections § Fonds of the Phủ Thủ hiến Trung Việt or Office of the Governor of Trung Viet.". The National Archives Center No. 4 (State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam).
  2. Cooke, Nola. (1998). "Regionalism and the Nature of Nguyen Rule in Seventeenth-Century Dang Trong (Cochinchina)". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.
  3. Ho, Hoang-Anh. (2022-03-01). "The origins of cultural divergence: evidence from Vietnam". Journal of Economic Growth.
  4. "Area, population and population density by province".
  5. (18 October 2023). "Phê duyệt và công bố kết quả thống kê diện tích đất đai năm 2022".
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