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search Colony of Cochinchina Nam Kỳ Kampuchea Krom (in Khmer)
French colony      Flag of France Flag used in
1946–1947[citation needed] Cochin-China is the southern part of
Vietnam, shaded cyan Capital Saigon Languages French Religion
Buddhism Confucianism · Taoism Christianity · Animism Political
structure Colony Historical era New Imperialism  -  Established
1862  -  Formation of the Provisional Central Government of
Vietnam 1949  -  1868a 65,478 km² (25,281 sq mi)  -  1868a est.
1,214,141       Density 18.5 /km²  (48 /sq mi)  -  1939 est.
4,484,000       Density 68.5 /km²  (177.4 /sq mi) Currency
French Indochinese piastre Today part of  Vietnam a. Population
figure taken from P. Gubry, Population et développement au Viêt-
nam (2000), p. 44.  Cochinchina (Vietnamese: Nam Kỳ, Khmer:
Kampuchea Krom) is a region encompassing the southern third of
Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony
from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South