District 6, Ho Chi Minh City
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District 6 (Vietnamese: Quận 6) is a former urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 253,474 and an area of 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi).[1] It is divided into 14 small subsets which are called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 14.
District 6 borders District 11 and Tân Phú District to the north, District 5 to the east, District 8 to the south, and Bình Tân District to the west. The district has an area of 7.14 km2, population in 2019 is 233,561 people,[2] population density is 32,712 people/km2.
History
On September 22, 1941, Saigon - Cho Lon area established District 6. District 6 at that time belonged to the old Saigon city area before 1931, today belongs to District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City.
On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15.[3] District 6 was dissolved and new wards were rearranged specifically as follows:
- Binh Tien
- Binh Tay
- Binh Phu
- Phu Lam
District 6
Quận 6 | |
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 Position in HCMC's core | |
  District 6 | |
| Coordinates: 10°44′46″N 106°38′10″E / 10.74611°N 106.63611°E / 10.74611; 106.63611 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Centrally governed city | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Seat | 107 Cao Văn Lầu |
| Wards | 14 phường |
| Area | |
• Total | 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 271,050 |
| • Density | 39,000/km2 (100,000/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Main ethnic groups | Kinh, Chinese |
| Time zone | UTC+07 (ICT) |
| Website | quan6.hochiminhcity.gov.vn |
References
- ↑ "HCMC's Population and population density in 2010 by district". HCMC Office of Statistics. Retrieved Feb 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census".
- ↑ "Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 of the National Assembly Standing Committee: On the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025".
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