French Indochina

French Indochina was a region in Southeast Asia that belonged to the French colonial empire. It consisted of modern day Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. It was disestablished following the independence of the Kingdom of Laos and the 1st Kingdom of Cambodia in 1954, and the partition of Vietnam between the China backed Hanoi government in the North of Ho Chi Minh, and the American backed Saigon government in the South of Bao Dai, and later Ngo Dinh Diem, causing the outbreak of the Second Indochina War.

French Indochina Indochine Française  (French) ឥណ្ឌាចិនបារំាង  (Khmer) Động Đường thuộc Pháp  (Vietnamese) 東洋屬法 ອິນດູຈີນຝຣັ່ງ  (Lao) อินโดจีนของฝรั่งเศส  (Thai)
1887 - 1941 1945 - 1954
Flag of French Indochina Flag Great Seal of French Indochina Great Seal
Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise") File:Chaliapine - Rouget de Lisle - La Marseillaise.ogg
Location of French Indochina
Capital	Hanoi (1902 - 1945) Saigon (1887 - 1902; 1945 - 1954)
Official languages	French
Other languages	Vietnamese, Khmer, Cham, Cantonese, Thai, Isan, Lao
Ethnic groups (1936)	72% (Vietnamese) 13% (Khmer) 6% (Tai) 1.4% (Chinese, Cham, Hmong, Yao and Bahnar) 0.2% (Europeans) 7.3% (others)
Religion	Christianity Buddhism Vietnamese folk religion
Demonym(s)	Indochinese
Membership	File:Flag of Colonial Annam.svg Annam File:Long tinh flag.svg Tonkin File:Flag of Laos (1893–1952).svg Laos File:Flag of Republic of Cochinchina (variant).svg Cochinchina File:Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948).svg Cambodia
Governor-General
• 1887–1888 (first)	Ernest Constans
• 1955–1956 (last)	Henri Hoppenot
Historical era	New Imperialism World War 1 Interwar Period World War 2 First Indochina War
• French conquest of Vietnam	1858–1885
• French Cochinchina established	17 October 1862
• Annexation of Laos	19 April 1899
• Addition of Guangzhouwan	5 January 1900
• Japanese occupation	22 September 1940
• Franco-Thai War	October 1940 – May 1941
• Japanese coup d'état	9 March 1945
• Democratic Republic of Vietnam proclaimed	2 September 1945
• Restoration	13 September 1945
• Indochina War	19 December 1946
• State of Vietnam proclaimed	2 July 1949
• Kingdom of Cambodia proclaimed	9 November 1953
• 1954 Geneva Conference	27 October 1954
Area
• Total	737,000 km2 (285,000 sq mi)
Currency	French Indochinese piastre
Preceded by Succeeded by File:Blank.png French Cambodia File:Blank.png French Cochinchina File:Blank.png French Annam File:Blank.png French Tonkin File:Blank.png Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945) File:Blank.png Kingdom of Luang Phrabang File:Blank.png Empire of Vietnam File:Blank.png Empire of Japan File:Blank.png Rattanakosin Kingdom File:Blank.png Thailand File:Blank.png Kingdom of Champassak North Vietnam File:Blank.png South Vietnam File:Blank.png Kingdom of Cambodia File:Blank.png Kingdom of Laos File:Blank.png
Today part of	Cambodia Laos Vietnam