District 6, Ho Chi Minh City

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.

Geographical location

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

Map of District 20, an administrative unit established by the Governor of Cochinchina in 1880. District 6 today corresponds to the villages of Binh Tay, Binh Tien, Minh Phung, Phu Lam in the western area of Cho Lon city (at that time only expanded to Lo Gom canal ), and some villages at that time were still on the outskirts of the city such as Hoa Dong (Tan Phong Trung commune), Phu Hoa, Phu Dinh (Long Hung Thuong commune).

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
Urban district
Position in HCMC's core
Position in HCMC's core
District 6 is located in Vietnam
District 6
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 cityHo Chi Minh City
Seat107 Cao Văn Lầu
Wards14 phường
Area
 • Total
7 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
271,050
 • Density39,000/km2 (100,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Main ethnic groupsKinh, Chinese
Time zoneUTC+07 (ICT)
Websitequan6.hochiminhcity.gov.vn























References

  1. ^ "HCMC's Population and population density in 2010 by district". HCMC Office of Statistics. Retrieved Feb 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census".
  3. ^ "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".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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