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Was French Indochina a single country that eventually became Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, or was it an amalgam of?

...those three countries? Did Cambodia, for example, exist as Cambodia before 1954 (dissolution of F.I.) or was it a part of French Indochina (a single country) which later became Cambodia?
Jay- but was FI a single country that split into three regions, or was it simply a union of those three countries called French Indochina?

It was a term referred to " 5 federations " colonies under control of French administration, situated in PRESENT day Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Those 5 federations were:

Tokin (North Vietnam)
Annam (Middle Vietnam)
*Cochinchina (South Vietnam present day)
Cambodia
Laos

*Cochinchina before Frenchs came, were part of Cambodian territory, but Vietnamese (much more compared to Cambodian) migrated from Annam and increased population dramatically and later started to dominate the region, Cambodia became weak and lost it to France, so in that sense it's a region strongly administered by France, with population of Khmer/Cambodian(natives) and Vietnamese living mixed together, that's like Cambodia half-lost the territory. Before French left, a conference was held whether give it back to Cambodia or Vietnamese people in the south that already made it their homes 300 years ago.

As a result, Cambodia lost to South Vietnam. Now there's another term called by Cambodians, "Kampuchea Krom" is refering to the region.

So it could be 4 or 5 territories.

There were also many lao states and France unified them all and you get Lao+s as present day a Laos country.

Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina

Laos, the most bombed country on earth


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