Saigon

Saigon is a locality in , . Saigon is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: historical city at the center of present-day Ho Chi Minh City until its merger with Cholon in 1956
  • Also known as: “Saigon, Gia Dinh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ba Chieu Market and Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

Marketplace
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is a marketplace.

Park
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The , or known locally as The Zoo, is Vietnam's largest zoo and botanical garden. The was commissioned by Admiral Pierre-Paul de La Grandière in 1864, and was opened to the public in 1869, making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating zoos.

Park
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, previously known as Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery, is a park in Downtown , . It formerly was a large and prestigious French colonial cemetery.

Saigon

Latitude
10.80223° or 10° 48′ 8″ north
Longitude
106.69683° or 106° 41′ 49″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
7P28RM2W+VP
Geo­Names ID
11494864
Wiki­data ID
Q105076326
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Saigon” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sài Gòn”
  • French: “Sài Gòn, Gia Định”
  • French: “Saigon ville”
  • French: “Saïgon”
  • German: “Sài Gòn”
  • German: “Saigon”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Saigon”
  • Slovenian: “Sajgon”
  • Ukrainian: “Сайгон”
  • Vietnamese: “Sài Gòn, Gia Định”
  • Vietnamese: “Sài Gòn”
  • Vietnamese: “Saigon”
  • “Sài Gòn”
  • “Saigon”

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