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The Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (Vietnamese: Cộng Hòa Tự trị Nam Kỳ; French: République Autonome de Cochinchine), sometimes the Republic of Cochinchina (Vietnamese: Cộng Hòa Nam Kỳ; French: République de Cochinchine), was an autonomous region of French Indochina that existed from 1 June 1946 until 4 June 1949. It was established during the power vacuum that had occurred following the surrender of Japan that ended World War II and the August Revolution that overthrew the Nguyễn dynasty and the Japanese colonial institutions in former French Cochinchina and installed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina (1946–1948) Republic of South(ern) Vietnam (1948–1949) Cộng-Hòa Tự-trị Nam-Kỳ République Autonome de Cochinchine (1946–1948) Cộng-Hòa Nam-Phần Việt-Nam République du Sud-Viêtnam (1948–1949) | |||||||||||
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1946–1949 | |||||||||||
Motto: "Ne vendez pas la Cochinchine aux Français" ("Do not betray Cochinchina to the French") "Ta phải lập quốc bằng nhơn đạo" ("We must establish a benevolent nation")[lower-alpha 1] "Xứ Nam Kỳ của người Nam Kỳ" ("Cochinchina for the Cochinchinese")[lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||||
Anthem: Chinh phụ ngâm ("Lament of the soldier's wife") | |||||||||||
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Status | Constituent territory of French Indochina | ||||||||||
Capital | Saigon–Cholon | ||||||||||
Common languages | French Vietnamese Chinese Khmer | ||||||||||
Religion | Buddhism Confucianism Taoism Catholicism Animism Caodaism Hòa Hảo Islam | ||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Cochinchinese | ||||||||||
Government | Autonomous Republic | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1946 | Nguyễn Văn Thinh | ||||||||||
• 1946-1947 | Lê Văn Hoạch | ||||||||||
• 1947-1948 | Nguyễn Văn Xuân | ||||||||||
• 1948-1949 | Trần Văn Hữu | ||||||||||
Commissioner | |||||||||||
• 1945-1947 | Jean Henri Arsène Cédile[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||||||
• 1947 | Robert Dufour | ||||||||||
• 1947-1949 | Pierre Boyer De LaTour du Moulin | ||||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
2 September 1945 | |||||||||||
• Autonomy established | 1 June 1946 | ||||||||||
• Merged to the Central Government | 4 June 1949 | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
65,478 km2 (25,281 sq mi) | |||||||||||
Currency | French Indochinese piastre | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Vietnam | ||||||||||
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Republic of Southern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng Hòa Nam phần Việt Nam; French: République du Sud-Viêtnam)