Cochinchina

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Cochin China is also a type of domestic fowl.

Cochinchina, from Cochin China (known locally as Nam Kỳ, meaning "southern region"), in French: Cochinchine) was the southernmost part of Vietnam beside Cambodia.

Cochin was named after the Indian port town Cochin.

During the French colonial period, it was called Cochinchine in French, and its capital was at Saigon. The two other parts of Vietnam at the time were Annam and Tonkin.

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History

In 1689 it was annexed by Annam from Cambodia. In September 1858 France occupied Da Nang (Tourane) and Saigon. 18 February 1859 it occupy Saigon and the three southern Vietnamese provinces of Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh and Dinh Tuong. On 13 Apr 1862 those territories are ceded to France. In 1867 the provinces of Chau Doc, Ha Tien and Vinh Long are added. In 1864 it is declared the French colony of Cochinchina. 1887 it become part of the Union of French Indochina. In 1933 the Spratly islands are annexed to French Cochinchina. On 28 July 1941 imperila Japanese troops are based in French Cochinchina (de facto occupation), folowed by 9 March 1945 - 15 August 1945 formal Japanese occupation. 16 May 1945 - 1946 It is nominally part of the Empire of Vietnam. 14 June 1949 Cochinchina part of the (Associated) State of Vietnam.

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