This article is about the concept in Vietnamese history. For the general concept, see Crown land.
Historical territory in Vietnam
Domain of the Crown
Hoàng triều Cương thổ(Vietnamese) Domaine de la Couronne(French) 皇朝疆土
Collection of autonomous territories of the State of Vietnam (a part of French Indochina until 1954)
1950–1955
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The Domain of the Crown, coloured yellow, within French Indochina before 1954 (note the modern provincial names and boundaries).
Capital
Đà Lạt
Area transferred
• 1954
Crown domains in Bắc phần ceded to North Vietnam
Government
• Type
Autonomous administrative divisions
Chief of State
• 1950–1955
Bảo Đại
Historical era
Cold War
• Autonomy granted
15 April 1950
• Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
13 March – 7 May 1954
• Vietnamese division
21 July 1954[a]
• Disestablished
11 March 1955
Subdivisions
• Type
Autonomous territories, provinces, districts, communes
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Montagnard country of South Indochina
Mường Autonomous Territory
Tai Autonomous Territory
Hmong Kingdoms
Nùng Autonomous Territory
Thổ Autonomous Territory
Hòa Bình Province
Thái-Mèo Autonomous Region
Việt Bắc Autonomous Region
Hải Ninh Province
Darlac
Đồng Nai Thượng
Kontum
Lâm Viên
Pleiku
Today part of
Vietnam
The Domain of the Crown (Vietnamese: Hoàng triều Cương thổ; Chữ Hán: 皇朝疆土; French: Domaine de la Couronne; Modern Vietnamese: Đất của vua) was originally the Nguyễn dynasty's geopolitical concept for its protectorates and principalities where the ethnic Kinh did not make up the majority, later it became a type of administrative unit of the State of Vietnam.[1] It was officially established on 15 April 1950.[1] In the areas of the Domain of the Crown, the Chief of State Bảo Đại was still officially (and legally) titled as the "Emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty".[2]
The Domain of the Crown was established to preserve French interests in French Indochina and to limit Vietnamese immigration into predominantly minority areas, halting Vietnamese influence in these regions while preserving the influences of both French colonists and indigenous rulers.
After the 1954 Geneva Conference the Domain of the Crown lost considerable amounts of territory, as the entirety of Bắc phần was ceded to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, reducing it only to Tây Nguyên. On 11 March 1955 Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm dissolved the Domain of the Crown reducing both the power of the Chief of State Bảo Đại and the French directly annexing these areas into the State of Vietnam as the crown regions still in South Vietnam would later become Cao nguyên Trung phần in the Republic of Vietnam.[1][3]
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^ abcAnh Thái Phượng. Trăm núi ngàn sông: Tập I. Gretna, LA: Đường Việt Hải ngoại, 2003. p. 99 (in Vietnamese).
^Lê Đình Chi. Người Thượng Miền Nam Việt Nam. Gardena, California: Văn Mới, 2006. pp. 401–449 (in Vietnamese).
^Royal Woodblocks of Nguyễn Dynasty – World documentary heritage (2021). "Significant collections § FONDS OF THE TÒA ĐẠI BIỂU CHÁNH PHỦ TẠI TRUNG NGUYÊN TRUNG PHẦN OR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REPRESENTATIVE IN CENTRAL MIDLANDS". mocban.vn. The National Archives Center No. 4 (State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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