District 8 (Vietnamese: Quận 8) is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.
District 8 Quận 8 | |
|---|---|
 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 |
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.
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.
District 8 coordinate: 10.7241° N, 106.6286° E
The district has an area of 19.11 km2, the population in 2019 was 424,667 people, the population density reached 22,222 people/km2.
District 8 has an elongated shape in the Northeast-Southwest direction and is strongly divided by an intricate system of canals.