COCHIN-CHINA

(8° 35’ to 11° 43’ sion, S.E. Asia; bounded N. by Cambodia and Annam, S.E. by South China Sea, W. by Gulf of Siam; area, c. 20,000 sq. miles; surface mainly broad plain; mountainous in N.; watered by Mekong, Dongnai, and other rivers; climate subject to monsoons. Majority of inhism. Country has gradually come under Fr. control since 1862; education is good, there are many schools, medical and secular; Saigon, the chief town, is lighted by electricity, and in other respects is modern; area, 21,988 sq.