District 8, Ho Chi Minh City

District 8

Quận 8
District 8 Quận 8
Urban district
	Position in HCMC's core
	District 8
	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.

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

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

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