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.
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  • Type: Region
  • 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”, and “Trung-Viet

Annam

Latitude
15° north
Longitude
108° east
Elevation
2,034 metres (6,673 feet)
Open location code
7P7C2222+22
Geo­Names ID
1594320
Wiki­data ID
Q10828323
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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: An-lâm Pó-hō͘-kok
  • Chinese: 中圻
  • Chinese: 安南
  • 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
  • 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: ອັນນ່າມ
  • Malay: Annam
  • Min Nan Chinese: An-lâm Pó-hō͘-kok
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Annam
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Annamitt
  • Norwegian: Annam
  • Persian: آنام
  • Persian: انام
  • 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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