Chợ Lớn Province
Chợ Lá»›n ( listen) was former province of South Vietnam. It was established in December 1899 when Gia Äịnh Province was split to four smaller provinces. In 1901 its population was 184151, 1916 census was 212536, and February 15, 1920 census was 205657.
In 1940 it had 4 districts: Äức Hòa, Cần Giuá»™c, Cần ÄÆ°á»›c and Trung quáºn. On June 27, 1951, it was merged with Bà Rịa Province to form Chợ Lá»›n-Bà Rịa Province.
Later Cần Giuá»™c, Bến Lức and Äức Hòa districts were merged to Long An Province. Bình Chánh district was merged to Gia Äịnh Province.
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