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<p><b>Tonkin</b> , or <b>Bac Ky</b> , was a French <a href="page.php?w=protectorate">protectorate</a> encompassing modern <a href="page.php?w=Northern_Vietnam">Northern Vietnam</a> from 1883 to 1949. Like the <a href="page.php?w=Annam_%28French_protectorate%29">French protectorate of Annam</a>, Tonkin was still nominally ruled by the Vietnamese <a href="page.php?w=Nguyen_dynasty">Nguyen dynasty</a>. In 1886, the French separated Tonkin from the Nguyen imperial court in <a href="page.php?w=Hue">Hue</a> by establishing the office of "Viceroy" (, <i>Kinh</i></p><p>
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