Gia Định province

Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh (Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥Â®Â) was a former province of Vietnam under the NguyÃ¡Â»Ân dynasty and the South Vietnam.

History

In 1698, Lord Minh ordered LÃ¡Â»Â ThÃÂ nh hÃ¡ÂºÂ§u establishing Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh prefecture with two districts in Cao MiÃÂªn territory: PhÃÂºc Long district based on ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âng Nai, protected by TrÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n BiÃÂªn palace; and TÃÂ¢n BÃÂ¬nh district based on SÃÂ i GÃÂ²n, protected by PhiÃÂªn TrÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n palace.

In 1715, PhiÃÂªn TrÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n commander Ã¢ÂÂ TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n ThÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Â£ng XuyÃÂªn, and TrÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n BiÃÂªn deputy commander Ã¢ÂÂ NguyÃ¡Â»Ân CÃ¡Â»Âu PhÃÂº led Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh forces to support NÃ¡ÂºÂ·c YÃÂªm (Ang Em) in defeating NÃ¡ÂºÂ·c ThÃÂ¢m (Ang Tham) and retaking the La BÃÂch (Lavek) citadel. Lord Minh appointed NÃ¡ÂºÂ·c YÃÂªm as the new king of Cao MiÃÂªn.

Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh province was first established in 1832 under the name PhiÃÂªn An province when Emperor Minh MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ng divided Lower Cochinchina into Six Provinces. PhiÃÂªn An province contained two prefectures: TÃÂ¢n BÃÂ¬nh and TÃÂ¢n An, divided into five districts: BÃÂ¬nh DÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng, TÃÂ¢n Long, ThuÃ¡ÂºÂn An, PhÃÂºc LÃ¡Â»Âc and TÃÂ¢n HoÃÂ . NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn QuÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ was appointed the governor-general of An Ã¢ÂÂ BiÃÂªn (PhiÃÂªn An Ã¢ÂÂ BiÃÂªn HoÃÂ ). Under QuÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ administration were: BÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ch XuÃÂ¢n NguyÃÂªn Ã¢ÂÂ PhiÃÂªn An provincial governor, and VÃÂ© QuÃÂ½nh - BiÃÂªn HoÃÂ provincial governor.

In February 1859, the French captured Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh citadel, besieged Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh province for two years, then completely occupied the province after the Battle of KÃ¡Â»Â³ HÃÂ²a in February 1861.

By 1944, the French colonists had divided Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh province to six smaller provinces: Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh, TÃÂ¢n BÃÂ¬nh, ChÃ¡Â»Â£ LÃ¡Â»Ân, TÃÂ¢n An, TÃÂ¢y Ninh and GÃÂ² CÃÂ´ng.

In 1957 Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh contained 6 districts: GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p, TÃÂ¢n BÃÂ¬nh, HÃÂ³c MÃÂ´n, ThÃ¡Â»Â§ ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â©c, NhÃÂ BÃÂ¨ and BÃÂ¬nh ChÃÂ¡nh.

In 1970, the districts of QuÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng XuyÃÂªn and CÃ¡ÂºÂ§n GiÃ¡Â»Â were added. In February 1976, Saigon Municipality and parts of the provinces of BiÃÂªn HÃÂ²a (which is now CÃ¡ÂºÂ§n GiÃ¡Â»Â district), BÃÂ¬nh DÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng and HÃ¡ÂºÂu NghÃÂ©a (which is now CÃ¡Â»Â§ Chi district) were annexed to Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh and it was renamed to SÃÂ i GÃÂ²n-Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh.

During the South Vietnam period, Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh, SÃÂ i GÃÂ²n and BiÃÂªn HÃÂ²a were the three main industrial centers of the country.

After the capture of Saigon on 30 April 1975, the province of Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh (initially without the estuary) and other areas of neighboring provinces (in particular the district of CÃ¡Â»Â§ Chi) were united with the city of Saigon in May. The city of Saigon-Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh (thÃÂ nh phÃ¡Â»Â SÃÂ i GÃÂ²n Ã¢ÂÂ Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh) was created. This in turn was renamed Ho Chi Minh City (thÃÂ nh phÃ¡Â»Â HÃ¡Â»Â ChÃÂ Minh) on 2 July 1976.

Notable people

NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u CÃ¡ÂºÂ£nh, the founder and first viceroy of Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh.
Former governors of the province include NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn ThÃÂ nh.
LÃÂª VÃÂn DuyÃ¡Â»Ât, the last viceroy of Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh before it was divided into Six Provinces.

Gia Định province

History

Notable people

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