Province of Gia Định: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Province de Giadinh (1909).jpg|thumb|Map of Gia Định in 1909]]

[[File:Gia-dinh Province.jpg|thumbnail|right|Map of Gia Định-Sài Gòn in the [[Republic of Vietnam]].]]

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'''Gia Định''' was a province of [[South Vietnam]] surrounding [[Saigon|Sài Gòn]]. It was one of the country's main industrial centers.<ref>[[Đặng Phong]] (2004), Kinh tế Miền Nam Việt nam thời kỳ 1955 - 1975, Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội, Hanoi, page 299</ref>

Gia Định was created in 1832 and split to four smaller provinces in December 1889: Gia Định, [[Chợ Lớn Province|Chợ Lớn]], [[Tân An Province|Tân An]] and [[Tây Ninh Province|Tây Ninh]].

In 1957 Gia Định contained 6 districts, [[Gò Vấp District|Gò Vấp]], [[Tân Bình District|Tân Bình]], [[Hóc Môn District|Hóc Môn]], [[Thủ Đức]], [[Nhà Bè District|Nhà Bè]] and [[Bình Chánh District|Bình Chánh]].

In 1970, the districts of [[Quảng Xuyên]] and [[Cần Giờ District|Cần Giờ]] were added.

In February 1976, parts of the provinces of [[Biên Hòa Province|Biên Hòa]], [[Bình Dương Province|Bình Dương]], [[Đô Thành Saigon|Đô Thành Sài Gòn]] and [[Hậu Nghĩa Province|Hậu Nghĩa]] were annexed to Gia Định and it was renamed to Sài Gòn-Gia Định. However, on July 2, 1976, it was renamed [[Hồ Chí Minh City]] by the Vietnamese communists government.

Former governors of the province include [[Nguyễn Văn Thành]].

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