District 8, Ho Chi Minh City

District 8
Quận 8
Position in HCMC's core
District 8
Coordinates: 10°43′24″N 106°37′40″E / 10.72333°N 106.62778°E / 10.72333; 106.62778
Country Vietnam
Centrally governed cityHo Chi Minh City
Seat4 Phạm Thế Hiển
Wards16
Area
 • Total
19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
451,290
 • Density24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Main ethnic groupspredominantly Kinh
Time zoneUTC+07 (ICT)
Websitequan8.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

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

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.

It has an elongated shape in the northeast–southwest direction and is strongly divided by an intricate system of canals.

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