Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, or locally and coloquially known as The Zoo, is Vietnam's oldest zoo and botanical garden. The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens 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.
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  • Park
  • …is also known as “Sở Thú”
  • Description: zoo in District , Ho Chi Minh City
  • Address: 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, Ho Chi Minh City, Bến Nghé, Quận 1
  • Established: February 17, 1865

Places of Interest Nearby

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Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon, officially… is situated 1¼ km southwest of Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
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Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

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Latitude
10.78781° or 10° 47′ 16″ north
Longitude
106.70646° or 106° 42′ 23″ east
Open location code
7P28QPQ4+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32735038
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q3162430

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “西貢動植物園”
  • Chinese: “西貢草禽園”
  • Dutch: “Dierentuin en botanische tuin van Saigon”
  • Estonian: “Saigoni looma- ja botaanikaaed”
  • French: “jardin botanique et zoologique de Saigon”
  • French: “Jardin botanique et zoologique de Saïgon”
  • French: “Zoo de Saigon”
  • Japanese: “サイゴン動植物園”
  • Japanese: “サイゴン動物園”
  • Japanese: “ホーチミン動植物園”
  • Korean: “사이공 동식물원”
  • Navajo: “Ndikʼąłchíʼítah naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
  • Persian: “باغ‌وحش و باغ گیاهشناسی سایگون”
  • Russian: “Сайгонский зоопарк и ботанический сад”
  • Spanish: “Jardin botanico y zoologico de Saigon”
  • Spanish: “Jardín botánico y zoológico de Saigón”
  • Vietnamese: “Sở thú Sài Gòn”
  • Vietnamese: “Sở Thú Sài Gòn”
  • Vietnamese: “Thảo Cầm Viên Sài Gòn/草禽園柴棍”
  • Vietnamese: “Thảo cầm viên Sài Gòn”
  • Vietnamese: “Thảo Cầm Viên Sài Gòn”
  • Vietnamese: “Thảo Cầm Viên Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh”
  • Vietnamese: “Thảo cầm viên”
  • Vietnamese: “Thảo Cầm Viên”
  • Yue Chinese: “西貢動植物園”

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