Bình Thạnh District


Bình Thạnh is a district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam., the district had a population of 490,618 and a total area of 21 km2.
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 borders District 1 to the south and west, Phú Nhuận and Gò Vấp districts to the west, and Saigon River, District 2 and Thủ Đức District to the east.
Bình Quới Tourist Village is located on the Thanh Đa Peninsula on the Saigon River.