French Cochinchina
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French Cochinchina was a colony of French Indochina from 1862 to 1949, encompassing the Mekong Delta and adjacent provinces in what is now the southern region of Vietnam, with its administrative capit
Cochinchina in 1920
Capture of Saigon by France
The six provinces of Lower Cochinchina, 1863.
Celebrations of the inauguration of Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina, June 1946, Saigon. A man waves the French tricolour and the three-striped Cochinchina flag.
The Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam is a historical name for the region of Southern Vietnam, which is referred to in French as Basse-Cochinchine. The region was politically defined and established a
Southern Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty before 1841. Cần Vột (Kampot), Vũng Thơm (Kampong Saom) and Svay Rieng (triangular wedge protruding into Vietnam known as the "Parrot's Beak") would later be ceded by French colonials to Cambodia. Cao Mien = Cambodia. Biển Đông = vi: East Sea. Nam Vang = Phnom Penh. Koh Kong was annexed by Siam until being returned to French Cambodia.
French Cochinchina (Basse Cochinchine Française) in 1881, based on the Nguyễn dynasty's Six Provinces before 1861. The northern bank of Vĩnh Tế Canal and the Parrot's Beak of Svay Rieng were ceded to the Cambodian Kingdom.