District 12, Ho Chi Minh City

District 12 may also refer to a fictional location in The Hunger Games universe, or to other 12th legislative districts.
District 12
Quận 12
Position in HCMC's core
Position in HCMC's core
District 12 is located in Vietnam
District 12
District 12
Coordinates: 10°51′43″N 106°39′32″E / 10.86194°N 106.65889°E / 10.86194; 106.65889
Country Vietnam
Centrally governed cityHo Chi Minh City
SeatTân Chánh Hiệp ward
Wards11 phường
Area
 • Total53 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total427,083
 • Density8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Main ethnic groupspredominantly Kinh
Time zoneUTC+07 (ICT)
Websitequan12.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

District 12 (Vietnamese: Quận 12) is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most populous city in Vietnam.

As of 2010, the district had a population of 427,083.[1] The district covers an area of 53.0 km².[1] The district is divided into 11 small subsets which are called wards.

District 12 borders Bình Dương Province and the city of Thủ Đức to the east, Hóc Môn District to the west and north, the districts of Bình Thạnh, Gò Vấp, Tân Bình and Tân Phú to the south.

  1. ^ a b "HCMC's Population and population density in 2010 by district". HCMC Office of Statistics. Retrieved Feb 4, 2014.