Southern Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Quận Sáu

Chợ Lớn

Chợ Lớn, usually anglicized as "Cholon" in English sources, is a quarter of , . It lies on the west bank of the , having Bình Tây Market as its central market.
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  • Type: Suburb with 561,000 residents
  • Description: quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, known as Chinatown
  • Also known as: “Chinatown, Ho Chi Minh City”, “Cholon”, and “Sholon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thong Nhat Stadium and Ben Thanh Market.

Stadium
Photo: Vinhtantran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thống Nhất Stadium, formerly Cộng Hoà Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is located at 138 Đào Duy Từ Street, Ward 6, .

Marketplace
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Bến Thành Market is located in the center of in . The market is one of the earliest surviving structures in the city and an important symbol of the city. is situated 5 km northeast of Chợ Lớn.

Museum
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in , . It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.

Chợ Lớn

Latitude
10.7518° or 10° 45′ 7″ north
Longitude
106.659° or 106° 39′ 32″ east
Population
561,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7P28QM25+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12926769137
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1585330
Wiki­data ID
Q2405555
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Chợ Lớn” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cho-lon”
  • Chinese: “堤岸”
  • Chinese: “堤岸坊”
  • Danish: “Cholon”
  • Dutch: “Chợ Lớn”
  • Finnish: “Chợ Lớn”
  • French: “Chinatown”
  • French: “Cholon”
  • French: “Chólon”
  • German: “Cholon”
  • Italian: “Cholon”
  • Japanese: “チョロン地区”
  • Korean: “쩌런”
  • Korean: “촐롱”
  • Malay: “Chợ Lớn, Bandaraya Ho Chi Minh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cho Lon”
  • Polish: “Cholon”
  • Portuguese: “Cholon”
  • Russian: “Тёлон”
  • Slovenian: “Čolon”
  • Spanish: “Cholon”
  • Swedish: “Cholon”
  • Vietnamese: “Chợ Lớn”
  • Wu Chinese: “堤岸（越南）”
  • Wu Chinese: “堤岸”
  • Yue Chinese: “堤岸”

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