Little Saigon, Orange County

Little Saigon
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Welcome sign marking the entrance to Little Saigon in Garden Grove, California
Welcome sign marking the entrance to Little Saigon in Garden Grove, California
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Coordinates: 33°44′42″N 117°57′49″W / 33.74500°N 117.96361°W / 33.74500; -117.96361
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyOrange
CitiesGarden Grove and Westminster

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.[1]

  1. ^ Mazumdar, Sanjoy; Shampa Mazumdar; Faye Docuyanan; Colette Marie McLaughlin (December 2000). "Creating a Sense of Place: The Vietnamese-Americans and Little Saigon". Journal of Environmental Psychology. 20 (4): 319–333. doi:10.1006/jevp.2000.0170. S2CID 33321978.