District 8, Ho Chi Minh City

District 8 Quận 8
Urban district
Position in HCMC's core
District 8 Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°43′24″N 106°37′40″E / 10.72333°N 106.62778°ECoordinates: 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 km^2 (7 sq mi)
Population
• Total	418,961
• Density	22,000/km^2 (57,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Main ethnic groups	predominantly Kinh
Time zone	ICT (UTC+07)
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, an area of 19 km².^[1] It is divided into 16 small subsets which are 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.

Map showing the location of District 8 within metropolitan Ho Chi Minh City

References

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