District_8,_Ho_Chi_Minh_City

District 8, Ho Chi Minh City

District 8, Ho Chi Minh City

Urban district in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

District 8 (Vietnamese: Quận 8) is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.

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As of 2010, the district had a population of 418,961 and an area of 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi).[1] It is divided into 16 small subsets called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.

Geographical location

District 8 borders District 5 and District 6 to the north, District 4 and District 7 to the east, Bình Chánh District to the south, and Bình Tân District to the west.

District 8 coordinate: 10.7241° N, 106.6286° E

The district has an area of 19.11 km2, the population in 2019 was 424,667 people, the population density reached 22,222 people/km2.

District 8 has an elongated shape in the Northeast-Southwest direction and is strongly divided by an intricate system of canals.

References

  1. [1]
    "HCMC's Population and population density in 2010 by district". HCMC Office of Statistics. Retrieved Feb 4, 2014.


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