Thủ Dầu Một


Thủ Dầu Một is the capital city of Bình Dương Province, Vietnam, located at around. The city has an area of 118.66 km², with a population of 417,000, and is located 20 km north of downtown Hồ Chí Minh City, on the left bank of the Saigon River, upstream from the city. Although this is an administratively separate city, it is considered as a satellite city of the Hồ Chí Minh City Metropolitan Area.

Geography

Thu Dau Mot lies to the south of Bình Dương Province and is contiguous with Saigon River:
Thủ Dầu Một has 14 wards:
  1. Phú Cường
  2. Chánh Mỹ
  3. Chánh Nghĩa
  4. Định Hòa
  5. Hiệp An
  6. Hiệp Thành
  7. Hòa Phú
  8. Phú Hòa
  9. Phú Lợi
  10. Phú Mỹ
  11. Phú Tân
  12. Phú Thọ
  13. Tân An
  14. Tương Bình Hiệp

    Etymology

In the past, some researchers stated that the name "Thu Dau Mot" had originated from Cambodian language, but most of people claimed that the name "Thu Dau Mot" was a Vietnamese phrase, which combines two phrases that are Thu and Dau Mot, whose the first word is a tree called dipterocarpaceae and the second one is a number. According to rumors, in a defense base in Bình An, there was a tree on the hill, "Mot" is number one in Vietnamese language, so the name "Thu Dau Mot" was born, which means "one-tree-defense" literally.

Economy

Thủ Dầu Một has seen a rapid expansion and economic development since 1997, as the province has become an important industrial hub of the region. In January 2007, the city was officially recognized as a third-class town. It became a city in July 2012. There is a 4,200-ha urban-tech park under development. Thủ Dầu Một will be a modern city within the Hồ Chí Minh City Metropolitan Area.
It became a first-class city on 6 December 2017.

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