Tân An is a former province of
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...
. It was established in December 1889 when
Gia Định province was split to four smaller provinces. In October 1956 it was merged with
Chợ Lớn province (except Trung Quận district, which is
Bình Chánh nowadays) to establish
Long An province.
Now Tân An is only known as the
capital city
A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its ...
of Long An province.
Southeast (Vietnam)
Provinces of French Cochinchina
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