District 8, Ho Chi Minh City

District 8
Quận 8
Position in HCMC's core
District 8
Coordinates: 10°43′24″N 106°37′40″E / 10.72333°N 106.62778°E / 10.72333; 106.62778
Country Vietnam
Centrally governed cityHo Chi Minh City
Seat4 Phạm Thế Hiển
Wards16
Area
  Total
19 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
  Total
451,290
  Density24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi)
Demographics
  Main ethnic groupspredominantly Kinh
Time zoneUTC+07 (ICT)
Websitequan8.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

District 8 (Vietnamese: Quận 8) is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.

It is divided into 16 small subsets called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.