Chợ Lớn
Cholon
Saigon, Đê Ngạn | |
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Bình Tây Market - the largest market in Chợ Lớn Châu Văn Liêm St, with the Chợ Lớn Central Post Office in the background | |
Interactive map of Cholon | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Municipality | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Districts (former) | District 5, District 6 |
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 "Đê Ngạn" and "Chợ Lớn" as written in dialects of Chinese (top) and Vietnamese (bottom). Note that the script used for the below name is no longer used to write the Vietnamese language. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 堤岸 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dī'àn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | embankment | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Chợ Lớn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 𢄂𡘯 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chợ Lớn (Chinese: 堤岸), usually anglicized as "Cholon" in English sources, is an unofficial quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Historically a city separate from Sài Gòn prior to its urbanization in the 1930s-1950s, the quarter has long been inhabited by Chinese people and is considered the largest Chinatown in the world by area.
Chợ Lớn lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, and spans across all of former District 5 and District 6. The quarter borders the former District 8 (along the Tàu Hủ Canal) to the south, and the former Districts 10 & 11 to the north.