Tonkin
Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the area surrounding the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term referred to the domain of Đàng Ngoài, under the control of the Trịnh lords, encompassing both the Northern region proper and the Thanh–Nghệ region, north of the Gianh River at the 17.7th parallel.- Region
- …lies at an elevation of around 160 metres (520 feet)
- Description: northern part of Vietnam, to the west of the Gulf of Tonkin
- Also known as“Bac-Ky”“Bac-Viet”“Bak-bo”“North Vietnam”“Tongkin”“Tongking”“Tonquin”
- Category: administrative territorial entity
- Location
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Latitude
22° north
Longitude
105° east
Open location code
7PJ72222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tonkin” goes by many names.
تونكينArabic
BakboAzerbaijani
TonkinBasque
БакбоBelarusian
Раён БакбоBelarusian
TonkinBreton
TonquínCatalan
东京Chinese
北圻Chinese
東京Chinese
TonchinuCorsican
TonkinCzech
TonkinDanish
TonkinDutch
TonkinoEsperanto
TonkinFinnish
TonkínGalician
ΤονκίνοGreek
טונקיןHebrew
ताङ्किङ्Hindi
तोंकिनHindi
TonkinIndonesian
TonchinoItalian
TunchinoItalian
TunckinoItalian
トンキンJapanese
北部地方Japanese
តុងកឹងKhmer
통킹Korean
ຕົງແກງLao
ໂຕນກິນLao
TonkinoLatin
TonkinMalay
TonkinNorwegian
TonkinNorwegian Bokmål
TonkinNorwegian Nynorsk
تونکینPersian
TonkinPolish
TonkinRomanian
БакбоRussian
Протекторат ТонкинRussian
Северная часть ВьетнамаRussian
ТонкинRussian
Bắc KỳSerbo-Croatian
TonkinSerbo-Croatian
TonkinSlovak
TonkinSlovenian
Dong KinhSwedish
TonkinSwedish
TonkinThai
ตังเกี๋ยThai
TonkinTurkish
БакбоUkrainian
TonchinVenetian
Bắc PhầnVietnamese
Miền BắcVietnamese
TonkinVietnamese
TunchinoVietnamese
東京Yue Chinese
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