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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 / 10.75611°N 106.66694°E / 10.75611; 106.66694
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 (1.65 sq mi)
Population
• Total	187,510
• Density	44,000/km (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. The district covers an area of 4.27 km.

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
• Hải Thượng Lãn Ông historic quarter (selling Chinese and Vietnamese herbs)
• Đại Thế Giới Water Park
• District 5 Cultural Centre
• 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
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.

v t e Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Municipal city	City of Thủ Đức District 2 District 9 Thủ Đức
Urban districts	Bình Tân Bình Thạnh District 1 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 10 District 11 District 12 Gò Vấp Phú Nhuận Tân Bình Tân Phú
Rural districts	Bình Chánh Cần Giờ Củ Chi Hóc Môn Nhà Bè
Others	List of districtual name etymologies

v t e Districts of Southeast Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City	Municipal city Thủ Đức City Urban districts District 1 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 10 District 11 District 12 Bình Tân Bình Thạnh Gò Vấp Phú Nhuận Tân Bình Tân Phú Rural districts Bình Chánh Cần Giờ Củ Chi Hóc Môn Nhà Bè
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province	Bà Rịa city Vũng Tàu city Phú Mỹ town Châu Đức Côn Đảo Đất Đỏ Long Điền Xuyên Mộc
Bình Dương province	Dĩ An city Thuận An city Thủ Dầu Một city Bến Cát city Tân Uyên city Bắc Tân Uyên Bàu Bàng Dầu Tiếng Phú Giáo
Bình Phước province	Đồng Xoài city Bình Long town Chơn Thành town Phước Long town Bù Đăng Bù Đốp Bù Gia Mập Đồng Phú Hớn Quản Lộc Ninh Phú Riềng
Đồng Nai province	Biên Hòa city Long Khánh city Cẩm Mỹ Định Quán Long Thành Nhơn Trạch Tân Phú Thống Nhất Trảng Bom Vĩnh Cửu Xuân Lộc
Tây Ninh province	Tây Ninh city Hòa Thành town Trảng Bàng town Bến Cầu Châu Thành Dương Minh Châu Gò Dầu Tân Biên Tân Châu
denotes provincial seat

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