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Encyclopedia: French Indochina

French Indochina (French: L'Indochine française, Vietnamese: Đông Dương thuộc Pháp) was the part of the French colonial empire in Indochina in southeast Asia, consisting of a federation of protectorates (Tonkin and Annam, which now form Vietnam, as well as Cambodia and Laos) and one directly-ruled colony (Cochin China). The capital of French Indochina was Hanoi.

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How to say "French Indochina" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	フランス領インドシナ
	(German)	Französisch-Indochina
	(Spanish)	Indochina Francesa
	(French)	Indochine française

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Stung Treng

Stung Treng is a northern province of Cambodia. Formerly Xieng Teng, a part of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang and later the Lao kingdom of Champassack. It was ceded to Cambodia during the period of French Indochina...

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Bounkhong

Prince Bounkhong , the son of Prince Souvanna Phomma, was the last oupahat of Louang Phrabang. He was granted the title of Chao Ratsaphakhinay in 1884. From 1911 to 1920, he was a member of the Government Council of French Indochina. Chao Maha Oupahat Bounkhong was the father of Phetsarath...

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Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient

The Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) is a French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1800 to study the civilisation of Ho Chi Minh City (then Saigon) in what was then French Indochina. Its headquarters are now in Paris. Its main fields of research are...

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Franco-Chinese War

territories were later included into French Indochina. See also: Battle of Foochow...

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French Union

(protectorates) which became autonomous. In 1954, the states of French Indochina withdrew from the union, and in...Established by the French constitution of October 27, 1946, the French Union (French: Union Française ) was a political entity created to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire...

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Mainland Southeast Asia

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Piastre

Originally a dollar size silver coin, the Piastre served as the major unit of currency of French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos), and Ottoman Turkey (see Kurus). The term is still unofficially used in Quebec French slang as a reference to the Canadian dollar. Early private bank issue currency...

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Pierre Boulle

with the French army in French Indochina, and after German troops occupied France he joined the Free... the resistance movement in China, Burma and French Indochina. In 1943 he was captured by the Vichy...Pierre Boulle (February 20, 1912 - January 30, 1994) was a French novelist. Born Pierre-François...

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Hanoi

applied by Europeans to the entire region. Hanoi was occupied by the French in 1873 and passed to them ten years later. It became the capital of French Indochina after 1887. The city was occupied by... 1946 to 1954, it was the scene of heavy fighting between the French and Viet Minh forces. At that...

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Paracel Islands

. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island...

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