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Chợ Lớn was incorporated as a city in 1879, 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) from Saigon. By the 1930s, it had expanded to the city limit of Saigon. On April 27, 1931, Chợ Lớn and the neighboring city of Saigon were merged to form a single city called
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610:"堤岸——全球最大的唐人街(組圖) - 國際在線 - 新聞中心"
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468:Yvon Petra
370:Cù lao Phố
347:Lê dynasty
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271:District 6
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279:Chinatown
261:, having
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967:Nagasaki
390:Đê ngạn;
386:Tai-Ngon
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378:Tây Sơn
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319:Chợ Lớn
315:Đê Ngạn
255:Vietnam
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