Bình Thạnh is a district of
Ho Chi Minh City
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in
Vietnam
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. , the district had a population of 490,618 and a total area of 21 km
2.
The name of the district was formed from the names of two wards in the old
Gò Vấp district, Bình Hòa and Thạnh Mỹ Tây. In 1976, those two wards were removed from Gò Vấp District to create Bình Thạnh District.
Administrative division
Bình Thạnh is divided into 20 wards. They are wards
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. Wards 4, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 20 and 23 have previously been dissolved and merged into other wards.
Geographical location
Bình Thạnh District borders the city of
Thủ Đức
Thủ Đức ʰu˨˩˦:ɗɨk˧˥is a sub-municipality in Ho Chi Minh City of the Southestern region of Vietnam.
History
The oldest name what was recorded in this area was Ngãi An (義安), a district-level administrative unit has existed sin ...
to the east by
Saigon River
The Saigon River () is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and southeast for about and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in its turn empties into the South China Sea some no ...
,
Phú Nhuận district to the west,
District 1 to the south by
Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel,
Gò Vấp district and
District 12 to the north by Xuyên Tâm Canal and Vàm Thuật River, respectively.
Bình Quới Tourist Village is located on the
Thanh Đa Peninsula on the Saigon River.
References
Districts of Ho Chi Minh City
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