Hóc Môn
Hóc Môn is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Hóc Môn District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1]
Hóc Môn
Thị trấn Hóc Môn | |
|---|---|
  Hóc Môn | |
| Coordinates: 10°53′19″N 106°35′45″E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Southeast |
| Municipality | Ho Chi Minh City |
| District | Hóc Môn District |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC + 7) |
Notable people
- Phan Văn Hớn (1830–1886), Vietnamese farmer and activist[2]
References
- "Administrative subdivisions". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. To find information at reference, go to row 79, then row 784, and it is listed on row 27559.
- Erik Harms Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City 2011 – Page 29 "In history books, Hóc Môn's Bà Điểm commune is famous for the failed anti-French uprising led by Phan Văn Hớn and Nguyễn Văn Quá in February 1885. The name of the uprising, Uprising of the Eighteen Areca Garden Villages, indicates that this was a rural zone known mostly for its production of areca nuts and betel leaf and,"
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