District 5, Ho Chi Minh City

District 5 Quận 5
Urban district
District 5, August 2007
Location of District 5 within Ho Chi Minh City
District 5
Coordinates: 10°45′22″N 106°40′1″E
Country	Vietnam
Centrally Governed City	Ho Chi Minh
Wards	15 wards
Government
• People's Council	Võ Tiến Sĩ
• People's Committee	Huỳnh Thị Thảo
Area
• Total	4.27 km^2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	187,510
• Density	44,000/km^2 (110,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Main ethnic groups	Việt, Hoa
Time zone	UTC+07 (ICT)
Area code	774
Website	quan5.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

District 5 (Vietnamese: Quận 5) is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. The Chinese community accounts for a significant population in this district. There are several hospitals, high schools and universities in this district.

As of 2010 the district had a population of 174,154 people.^[1] The district covers an area of 4.27 km².^[2]

There are 15 wards in District 5, from Ward 1 to Ward 15.

Famous places

• Cholon, the Chinatown of Ho Chi Minh City
• Windsor Plaza Hotel (5 stars), the current tallest building in District 5^[3]
• Hải Thượng Lãn Ông historic quarter (selling Chinese and Vietnamese herbs)
• Đại Thế Giới Water Park^[4]
• District 5 Cultural Centre^[5]
• Kim Biên market (selling chemical substances)
• An Đông market

Idioms

Eat in District Five, Live in District Three and See in District One.

High Schools and Universities

• Hùng Vương High School
• Lê Hồng Phong High School for the Gifted
• High School for the Gifted
• Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Science
• Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University
• Ho Chi Minh City Sports Pedagogical University
• Saigon University

References

1. http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=5fdc62bc-0523-453a-b596-57ad36af9831&groupId=18 Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Giới thiệu". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
3. "Khách sạn 5 sao Windsor Plaza ( Sài Gòn ) - Tp.HCM, Việt Nam". www.windsorplazahotel.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-04.
4. "Welcome to Dai the Gioi - WaterPark". Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
5. "Trung tâm Văn hóa quận 5 - 105 Trần Hưng Đạo - phường 6 quận 5 - Tin tức sự kiện". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.