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| Vị Thanh | |
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| Provincial city (Class-3) | |
| Vị Thanh City Thành phố Vị Thanh | |
 Vị Thanh downtown | |
| Nickname: Hậu River East City | |
 Location in Hậu Giang Province | |
  Vị ThanhLocation of Vị Thanh in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 9°47′N 105°28′E / 9.783°N 105.467°E / 9.783; 105.467 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Hậu Giang |
| Government | |
| • Chairman of People's Committee | Huỳnh Thanh Phong |
| • Chairman of the People's Council | Trần Quốc Khởi |
| • Secretary | Nguyễn Hữu Tình |
| Area | |
| • Provincial city (Class-3) | 118.86 km (45.89 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Provincial city (Class-3) | 104,244 |
| • Density | 672/km (1,740/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 50,844 (68%) |
| Website | vithanh |
Vị Thanh is a provincial city and also the capital city of Hậu Giang Province in Vietnam. Formerly, it was the capital town of Chương-Thiện province in South Vietnam. In 2004, Vị Thanh became the capital of Hậu Giang Province. It has an industrial zone of 880,000 square metres (217 acres). There are roads, National Highway 61 (which leads to National Road 1 which leads to Cần Thơ Municipality on the Hậu River which leads to Ho Chi Minh City), and water connections by canal and river to the Hậu River.
Vị Thanh is the second biggest city of Hậu Giang, after Ngã Bảy became a city in 2020.
Population
Vị Thanh city has an area of 118.67 km², the population as of April 1, 2019, is 73,322 people, of which: the urban population is 44,164 people (60%), rural population is 29,158 people (40%), population density reaches 618 people/km².
| Commune-level administrative unit | Ward I | Ward III | Ward IV | Ward V | Ward VII | Hỏa Lựu Commune |
Hỏa Tiến Commune |
Tân Tiến Commune |
Vị Tân Commune | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acreage (km²) | 0,75 | 13,55 | 7,97 | 7,91 | 6,21 | 17,39 | 23,81 | 21,95 | 22,97 | ||||
| Population | 5.628 | 10.703 | 12.754 | 7.270 | 7.809 | 6.862 | 4.263 | 7.060 | 11.027 | ||||
| Population density | 8.602 km² | 792 km² | 1.633 km² | 905 km² | 1.289 km² | 433 km² | 212 km² | 396 km² | 487 km² | ||||
| Number of administrative units | 4 areas | 6 areas | 7 areas | 5 areas | 5 areas | 6 hamlets | 5 hamlets | 6 hamlets | 9 hamlets | ||||
| Founded year | 1999 | 1999 | 1999 | 1999 | 2003 | 1991 | 1979 | 2006 | 1978 | ||||
| Source: Commune-level population in Vị Thanh city in 2019 | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Vị Hưng Church next to Xà No River in Vị Thanh city.
References
- Hữu Nghị (September 18, 2019). "tựa đề= Thành phố Vị Thanh tổng kết điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2019". Báo Hậu Giang Online (in Vietnamese).
- Cổng thông tin điện tử thành phố Vị Thanh. "Dân số đến 31 tháng 12 năm 2019 - thành phố Vị Thanh, tỉnh Hậu Giang" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
9°47′N 105°28′E / 9.783°N 105.467°E / 9.783; 105.467
| Districts of the Mekong Delta | ||
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| Cần Thơ city |  | |
| An Giang province | ||
| Bạc Liêu province | ||
| Bến Tre province | ||
| Cà Mau province | ||
| Đồng Tháp province | ||
| Hậu Giang province |
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| Kiên Giang province | ||
| Long An province | ||
| Sóc Trăng province | ||
| Tiền Giang province |
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| Trà Vinh province | ||
| Vĩnh Long province | ||
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