District 8
Quận 8 | |
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Coordinates: 10°43′24″N 106°37′40″E / 10.72333°N 106.62778°E | |
Country | Vietnam |
Centrally governed city | Ho Chi Minh City |
Seat | 4 Phạm Thế Hiển |
Wards | 16 phường |
Area | |
• Total | 19 km2 (7 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 451,290 |
• Density | 24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Main ethnic groups | predominantly Kinh |
Time zone | UTC+07 (ICT) |
Website | quan8.hochiminhcity.gov.vn |
District 8 (Vietnamese: Quận 8) is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.
As of 2010, the district had a population of 418,961 and an area of 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi).[1] It is divided into 16 small subsets called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.