Annam

Annam, or Trung Kỳ, was a French protectorate encompassing what is now Central Vietnam from 1883 to 1949. Like the French protectorate of Tonkin, it was nominally ruled by the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty.
  • Region
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,030 metres (6,670 feet)
  • Description: French protectorate encompassing the central region of Vietnam, 1883-1948
  • Also known as
    “Anam”
    “Central Viet Nam”
    “Centre-Viêtnam”
    “Chung-bo”
    “French Annam”
    “Trung Bộ”
    “Trung Phần”
    “Trung-Ky”
    “Trung-Viet”
  • Category: protectorate
  • Location
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Latitude
15° north
Longitude
108° east
Open location code
7P7C2222+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Annam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أنام الفرنسية”
  • Arabic: “أنام”
  • Armenian: “Աննամ”
  • Asturian: “Annam”
  • Azerbaijani: “Annam (Fransa protektoratı)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Annam”
  • Basque: “Annam”
  • Breton: “Annam”
  • Catalan: “Annam”
  • Chinese: “中圻”
  • Chinese: “安南保护国”
  • Chinese: “安南保護國”
  • Czech: “Annam”
  • Danish: “Annam”
  • Dutch: “Annam”
  • Dutch: “Protectoraat Annam”
  • Esperanto: “Annamo”
  • Estonian: “Annam”
  • Finnish: “Annam”
  • Finnish: “Annamilaiset”
  • French: “Le Protectorat d’Annam”
  • French: “Protectorat français d’Annam”
  • Galician: “Annam”
  • German: “Annam”
  • Greek: “Ανάμ”
  • Hebrew: “אנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנם”
  • Hindi: “अनाम”
  • Indonesian: “Annam”
  • Irish: “Anam”
  • Irish: “Annam”
  • Italian: “Annam francese”
  • Italian: “Annam”
  • Japanese: “アンナム”
  • Japanese: “アンナン”
  • Japanese: “フランス保護国アンナン”
  • Japanese: “フランス保護領アンナン”
  • Japanese: “安南”
  • Japanese: “安南国”
  • Japanese: “安南帝国”
  • Korean: “안남 보호령”
  • Korean: “안남국”
  • Lao: “ອັນນ່າມ (ປົກ​ປັກ​ຮັກ​ສາ​ຝຣັ່ງ)”
  • Lao: “ອານນາມ”
  • Malay: “Annam”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “An-lâm Pó-hō͘-kok”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Annam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Annamitt”
  • Norwegian: “Annam”
  • Persian: “آنام”
  • Polish: “Annam”
  • Portuguese: “Aname”
  • Portuguese: “Annam”
  • Russian: “Аннам”
  • Russian: “Протекторат Аннам”
  • Serbian: “Анам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Annam”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Protektorat Annam”
  • Slovenian: “Anam”
  • Slovenian: “Francoski Anam”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آنام”
  • Spanish: “Annam”
  • Spanish: “Protectorado francés de Annam”
  • Spanish: “Reino de Annam”
  • Swedish: “Annam”
  • Swedish: “Franska protektoratet Annam”
  • Tamil: “அனாம்”
  • Tamil: “பிரெஞ்சு அனாம்”
  • Thai: “รัฐในอารักขาอันนัม”
  • Thai: “อันนัม”
  • Turkish: “Annam”
  • Ukrainian: “Аннам”
  • Ukrainian: “Чунгбо”
  • Vietnamese: “Annam”
  • Vietnamese: “Miền Trung”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Kỳ”
  • Yue Chinese: “安南”

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