District 8 () is an
urban district (''quận'') of
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025.
The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
, the largest city in
Vietnam
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.
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 km
2, the population in 2019 was 424,667 people, the population density reached 22,222 people/km
2.
It has an elongated shape in the northeast–southwest direction and is strongly divided by an intricate system of canals.
References
Districts of Ho Chi Minh City
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