Annam (French protectorate)

Annam is a historical name for a region in Southeast Asia that extends north of the river Ma over the majority of Vietnam, between the historical regions of Cochinchina and Tonkin in the south. It is bounded on the west by Cambodia and Laos, to the east by the South China Sea. The most important city is Hue, other major cities are Da Nang and Vinh.

Annam is the ancient Chinese name for Vietnam (Hanzi安南, Pinyin Annan means " pacified south," Annam corresponds to the Cantonese and Vietnamese pronunciation ).

The current label for Central Vietnam is Trung bo.

As Truong Son or Annamitisches Highlands is referred to in the hinterland of Central and South Vietnam, the sparsely populated mountainous region. This largest of the five main landscapes of Vietnam is mainly residential area of ethnic minorities. It is crossed by the Annamite Cordillera ( vietn. Day Trường Sơn ), a 1100 km long mountain range, which also extends to the territory of Laos. The mountain range runs parallel to the coast of the South China Sea and separates the great plain of the Mekong River in the south ( see Mekong Delta ) from the long, narrow coastal strip means Vietnam. In its northern part is the 2711 m high mountain range Phu Xai Lai Leng.

The 56th Statistical Yearbook of France for the period 1940-45 are an area of ​​147,600 km ² in (Vietnam total 328,000 km ²). The population in 1936 was 5.656 million (from 18.972 million for Vietnam in total).