Cầu Ông Lãnh
Cầu Ông Lãnh
Phường Cầu Ông Lãnh Cầu Muối, Cầu Kho | |
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A row of long-standing shophouses on Võ Văn Kiệt Boulevard, seen from Ông Lãnh Bridge | |
Interactive map of Cầu Ông Lãnh | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Municipality | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Named after | Ông Lãnh Bridge |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.62 sq mi (1.60 km2) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 78,734 |
| • Density | 127,450/sq mi (49,208/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
| Postal code | 71009 |
| Administrative code | 71011 |
Cầu Ông Lãnh is a ward (phường) of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1] It is one of 168 new wards, communes and special zones in Ho Chi Minh City after the 2025 arrangement.[2]
Origins
The name of the ward is derived from the fact that the quarter surrounding Ông Lãnh bridge was a bustling commercial area, with Cầu Ông Lãnh market and some major markets nearby, e.g. Cầu Muối, Cháy Market and Market of Chicken-Rice (Chợ Gà-Chợ Gạo), next to the same name bridge, which was once the largest wholesale market in the city until the new wholesale markets were built in the suburb of Ho Chi Minh City like Bình Điền in the west, Thủ Đức in the northeast and Hóc Môn in the northwest.
The Nguyễn Thái Học Boulevard run across the ward was known as Rue de Kitchener in the French Indochina period as slaughterhouse were located on the both side of this street.
Geography
Cầu Ông Lãnh lies in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, it borders the following wardsː
- Bàn Cờ to the north by Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street
- Chợ Quán to the west by Nguyễn Văn Cừ Boulevard
- Khánh Hội and Vĩnh Hội to the south by the Bến Nghé Channel
- Bến Thành to the east and northeast by Nguyễn Thái Học Boulevard, Trần Hưng Đạo Boulevard and streets of Nguyễn Cư Trinh - Cống Quỳnh
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQDP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, after the arrangement, Cầu Ông Lãnh has an area of 1.6 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 78,734 people, the population density is 49,208 people/km² (Article 6 of Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 dated April 14, 2025 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly).[3]
History
During South Vietnam's rule over the ward, Cầu Ông Lãnh was a part of District 2.
In 1962 a part of Cầu Ông Lãnh was ceded to Bùi Viện ward
In 1976, District 2 was merged into District 1, Cầu Ông Lãnh was dissolved and divided into 4 wards: Ward 18, Ward 19, Ward 20 and Ward 21 of District 1.[4]
On December 28, 1988, the Council of Ministers issued Decision 184-HDBT, it renamed Ward 20 into Cầu Ông Lãnh.[4]
On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 (effective from June 16, 2025). Accordingly, the eastern part of Cầu Ông Lãnh on Nguyễn Thái Học Boulevard was merged into the new Bến Thành ward, while the entire natural area and population size of Nguyễn Cư Trinh, Cầu Kho, Cô Giang and the western part of Cầu Ông Lãnh after being arranged according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 1 will be arranged into a new ward called Cầu Ông Lãnh (Clause 4, Article 1).[5]
References
- ^ "Administrative subdivisions". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2015-11-13. To find information at reference, go to row 79, then row 760, and it is listed on row 26752.
- ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (2025-06-16). "Chi tiết mới nhất về 168 phường, xã của TP.HCM sau sáp nhập". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "NGHỊ QUYẾT SỐ 76/2025/UBTVQH15 SẮP XẾP ĐƠN VỊ HÀNH CHÍNH NĂM 2025".
- ^ a b "Sơ lược lịch sử Quận 1". Trang tin Điện tử Đảng bộ thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn (2025-06-20). "Nghị quyết số 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 sắp xếp các ĐVHC cấp xã của Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh năm 2025". xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-12-17.