Montagnard country of South Indochina

Pays Montagnard du Sud Indochinois
Xứ Thượng Nam Đông Dương
Autonomous territory of Annam (1946–1948), the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948–1949), and the State of Vietnam (1949–1950) within French Indochina.
1946–1950
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CapitalĐà Lạt (1946–1948)
Ban Mê Thuột (1948–1950)
 • TypeAutonomous territory
Historical eraFirst Indochina War (Cold War)
• Autonomy granted
27 May 1946
• Absorbed into Bảo Đại's crown domains
15 April 1950
Subdivisions
 • TypeProvinces, districts, communes
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Darlac
Đồng Nai Thượng
Kontum
Lang Biang
Pleiku
Domain of the Crown
Today part ofVietnam

The Montagnard country of South Indochina (French: Pays Montagnard du Sud Indochinois; Vietnamese: Xứ Thượng Nam Đông Dương), sometimes abbreviated as PMSI, was an autonomous territory of French Indochina, and an autonomous federation within the French Union, created in 1946 following the French reconquest of the Central Highlands from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the First Indochina War. The territory was supposed to be an autonomous homeland of the Montagnard people within French Indochina, but existed mainly to serve French colonial interests in the region.

The territory was absorbed into the Domain of the Crown, with the issue of Dụ số 6 in 1950, a collection of territories where Kinh people were a minority that was nominally directly controlled by Chief of State Bảo Đại.


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