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The Little Saigon district straddling the cities of Garden Grove and Westminster in Orange County, California is the largest Little Saigon in the United States. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam , where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants originate.
Part of Little Saigon in Orange County, California. City with the most Vietnamese Americans per capita. Its mayor, Chi Charlie Nguyen, is Vietnamese American. 6: Santa Ana, California: 24,702: 7.4: Part of Little Saigon in Orange County, California: 7: Los Angeles, California: 21,981: 0.6: Located near Orange County, California Little Saigon in ...
Little Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn nhỏ or Tiểu Sài Gòn) is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese mainly in English-speaking countries. Alternate names include Little Vietnam and Little Hanoi (mainly in historically communist nations), depending on the enclave's political history.
The race in California's battleground 45th Congressional District is spotlighting what it means to be a Vietnamese American voter in a conservative enclave.
Little Saigon is located in East San Jose. [3] It is bound by the Junípero Serra Freeway (CA 280) to the north, Senter Road to the west, and the Bayshore Freeway (US 101) to the east. Its southern boundary is roughly Owsley Avenue. The primary thoroughfare through Little Saigon is Story Road.
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County at its center, and Orange County to the southeast.
North of La Puente is West Covina which is 26% Asian [49] and south of La Puente is Hacienda Heights which is 36% Asian [46] Hacienda Heights is home to the Hsi Lai Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the United States. [50] [51] The temple encompasses 15 acres (61,000 m 2) and a floor area of 102,432 sq ft (9,516.2 m 2).
The French, who occupied Vietnam for nearly a century, introduced coffee in the mid-1800s, seeking to cultivate a crop that could fulfill a lucrative demand for beans in Europe.