Bình Thạnh district - Wikipedia

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Bình Thạnh district Quận Bình Thạnh
Urban district
Landmark 81 building. (bottom) Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt. (top)
Seal
Position in HCMC's core
Bình Thạnh district Bình Thạnh district Bình Thạnh district
Coordinates: 10°48′12″N 106°41′23″E / 10.80333°N 106.68972°E
Country	Vietnam
Centrally Governed City	Ho Chi Minh City
Seat	6 Phan Đăng Lưu
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

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

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.

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.

Bình Thạnh District borders the city of Thủ Đức to the east, Phú Nhuận district to the west, District 1 to the south, Gò Vấp district and District 12 to the north.

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