Bình Thạnh district

For other uses, see Bình Thạnh (disambiguation).

Bình Thạnh was a district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. As of 2017^[update], the district had a population of 490,618 and a total area of 21 km².^[1]

Bình Thạnh district Quận Bình Thạnh
Urban district
Clockwise from top: Bình Thạnh skyline viewed from Ba Son Bridge, Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt, Lê Văn Duyệt Boulevard towards Bình Thạnh District Hall (formerly Gia Định Province Hall), Bà Chiểu Market, Landmark 81 building and Saigon Bridge
Seal
Position in HCMC's core
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Coordinates: 10°48′12″N 106°41′23″E
Country	Vietnam
Centrally Governed City	Ho Chi Minh City
Seat	L'Inspection de Gia Định, 6 Phan Đăng Lưu, Ward 14
Wards	20 wards
Government
• People's Committee	Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà
Area
• Total	20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	552.164
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Demographics
Time zone	UTC+07 (ICT)
Website	binhthanh.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

The name of the district was formed from the names of two wards in the old Gò Vấp district, Bình Hòa and Thạnh Mỹ Tây. In 1976, those two wards were removed from Gò Vấp District to create Bình Thạnh District.

Administrative division

Bình Thạnh is divided into 20 wards. They are wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. Wards 4, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 20 and 23 have previously been dissolved and merged into other wards.

Geographical location

Bình Thạnh District borders the city of Thủ Đức to the east by Saigon River, Phú Nhuận district to the west, District 1 to the south by Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel, Gò Vấp district and District 12 to the north by Xuyên Tâm Canal and Vàm Thuật River, respectively.

Bình Quới Tourist Village is located on the Thanh Đa Peninsula on the Saigon River.