Gia Định ward

Gia Định
Phường Gia Định
Bình Hòa, Bà Chiểu, Thị Nghè[a]
Ward
From left to right: Bà Chiểu Market, Bông Bridge, Lê Văn Duyệt Tomb on the same name boulevard, Thị Nghè Bridge with Thủy Lợi University, Phan Đăng Lưu Boulevard, Miếu Nổi Apartment
Interactive map of Gia Định
Country Vietnam
MunicipalityHo Chi Minh City
DistrictBình Thạnh District
Area
 • Total
1.07 sq mi (2.76 km2)
Population
 • Total
125,946
 • Density118,190/sq mi (45,632/km2)
Time zoneUTC+07:00 (Indochina Time)

Gia Định (Phường Gia Định) is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1] It is the new ward that was established following Vietnam's 2025 administrative reforms, forming from merging Wards of 1, 2, 7 and 17 of the former Bình Thạnh district.

Prior to the ward's establishment, Gia Định was the historic and colloquial Vietnamese name for almost area of the former Ho Chi Minh City as Province of Gia Định (Tỉnh Gia Định) throughout the Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam period. It was also the official name for a satellite province that completely encloses the capital city of the State of Vietnam (as Đô thành Sài Gòn-Chợ Lớn), the Republic of Vietnam (as Đô thành Sài Gòn), and being merged since the Republic of South Vietnam (as Thành phố Sài Gòn-Gia Định). Since the French Indochina, Gia Định was a colloquial name for the new province downtown next to Saigon, which is administratively the Commune of Bình Hòa, Gò Vấp district and after Saigon was established as a separated municipality, it is now corresponding with the wards of Gia Định and part of Bình Thạnh or even in the Thị Nghè area of Thạnh Mỹ Tây ward.

Geography

Ward of is located in the north of the central core of Ho Chi Minh City, bordering:

According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQDP dated May 27, 2025, of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following administrative reorganization, the newly established Gia Định Ward has an area is 2.76 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 125,946 people, the population density is 45,632 people/km² (Article 6 of Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 dated April 14, 2025 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Healthcare

List of major hospitals in the ward:

  • Nhân Dân Gia Định General Hospital (or Gia Định People Hospital)
  • Bình Thạnh General Hospital

Education

Schools

Schools with "*" means that they was originally one institution then splitted into two

  • Gia Định Special Education School
  • Hoàng Hoa Thám High School
  • Võ Thị Sáu High School
  • Trương Công Định Secondary School
  • Điện Biên Secondary School
  • Hà Huy Tập Primary and Secondary School*
  • Lam Sơn Primary and Secondary School*
  • Hồng Hà Primary School
  • Tô Vĩnh Diện Primary School
  • Lê Đình Chính Primary School
  • Bế Văn Đàn Primary School

Higher educations

  • Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, the oldest higher institution in the ward
  • Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH) D Building, one of the first private university in Ho Chi Minh City
  • An old gate engraved the name "Gia-Định" outside Trương Công Định Secondary School
  • Row of shophouses next to Bà Chiểu Market on Phan Đăng Lưu Boulevard
  • Main gate of Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt on Vũ Tùng Street
  • Tombstone house inside the Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt
  • Cannon - a relics of Gia Định Citadel
  • SAWACO Surge Tower, it was referred to as a "rocket tower" due to its shape

Notes

  1. ^ Only the area of the ward around Hàng Xanh roundabout with the area between Điện Biên Phủ Bridge and Thị Nghè Bridge
  2. ^ The private university not the same name institution of VNU-HCM system

References

  1. ^ "Administrative subdivisions". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. To find information at reference, go to row 79, then row 765, and it is listed on row 26944.

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