Tây Thành province
| Tây Thành Province | |||||||||
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| Province of Nguyễn Vietnam | |||||||||
| 1834–1847 | |||||||||
Location of Tây Thành province (dark green) under the Nguyen Dynasty (light green). | |||||||||
Map of Tây Thành province in 1838 under Minh Mạng era (based on the 1860 map) | |||||||||
| Capital | Nam Vang | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1840 | 970,516 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy under Vietnamese administration | ||||||||
| Protector-General | |||||||||
• 1834–1841 | Trương Minh Giảng | ||||||||
| Monarch of Cambodia | |||||||||
• 1835–1846 | Ang Mey | ||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Cambodia | ||||||||
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Tây Thành (lit. 'Western Fortress') was formerly the 32nd province of Nguyễn Vietnam, encompassing what is now modern-day Cambodia. Its capital was the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh (known to the Vietnamese as "Nam Vang"). It was a special province with a dual system, consisting of Cambodian monarchs who reigned as puppet rulers while a Vietnamese governor resided in Phnom Penh. The province was finally abolished in 1847 after peace talks between Thailand and Vietnam concluded dual-suzerainty over Cambodia.