Hóc Môn

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Hóc Môn
Thị trấn Hóc Môn
Hóc Môn is located in Vietnam
Hóc Môn
Hóc Môn
Coordinates: 10°53′19″N 106°35′45″E / 10.88861°N 106.59583°E / 10.88861; 106.59583
Country Vietnam
RegionSoutheast
MunicipalityHo Chi Minh City
DistrictHóc Môn District
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Hóc Môn is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Hóc Môn District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1]

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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,"