Ho Chi Minh City
City government
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee is a 13-member executive branch of the city. The current chairman is Nguyễn Thành Phong.

Ho Chi Minh City

Section Title: City government
Table Section Text: The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee is a 13-member executive branch of the city. The current chairman is Nguyễn Thành Phong.

List of HCMC administrative unitsvte

Name of district Dec. 2003	Sub-division units Dec. 2003	Area (km2) Dec. 2008	Population as of census 1 October 2004	Population as of census 1 April 2009	Population 2010	Population 2011	Population 2015	Population/km2 2011

Urban districts

District 1	10 wards	7.73	198,032	180,225	187,435	185,715	193,632	24,025

District 2	11 wards	49.74	125,136	147,490	140,621	136,497	147.168	2,744

District 3	14 wards	4.92	201,122	190,553	188,945	188,898	196,333	38,393

District 4	15 wards	4.18	180,548	180,980	183,261	183,043	186,727	43,790

District 5	15 wards	4.27	170,367	171,452	174,154	175,217	178,615	41,034

District 6	14 wards	7.19	241,379	249,329	253,474	251,902	258,945	35,035

District 7	10 wards	35.69	159,490	244,276	274,828	265,997	310,178	7,453

District 8	16 wards	19.18	360,722	408,772	418,961	421,547	431,969	21,978

District 9	13 wards	114	202,948	256,257	263,486	269,068	290,620	2,360

District 10	15 wards	5.72	235,231	230,345	232,450	234,188	238,558	40,942

District 11	16 wards	5.14	224,785	226,854	232,536	234,293	230,596	45,582

District 12	11 wards	52.78	290.129	405,360	427,083	451,737	510,326	8,589

Gò Vấp District	16 wards	19.74	452,083	522,690	548,145	561,068	634,146	28,423

Tân Bình District	15 wards	22.38	397,569	421,724	430,436	430,350	459,029	19,229

Tân Phú District	11 wards	16.06	366,399	398,102	407,924	419,227	464,493	26,103

Bình Thạnh District	20 wards	20.76	423,896	457,362	470,054	479,733	487,985	23,109

Phú Nhuận District	15 wards	4.88	175,293	174,535	175,175	175,631	182,477	35,990

Thủ Đức District	12 wards	49.76	336,571	442,177	455,899	474,547	528,413	9,537

Bình Tân District	10 wards	51.89	398,712	572,132	595,335	611,170	686,474	11,778

Total urban districts	259 wards	496.04	5,140,412	5,880,615	6,060,202	6,149,817	6.508.647	12,398

Districts

Củ Chi District	20 communes, 1 township	434.5	288,279	343,155	355,822	362,454	403,038	834

Hóc Môn District	11 communes, 1 township	109.18	245,381	349,065	358,640	363,171	422,471	3326

Bình Chánh District	15 communes, 1 township	252.69	304,168	420,109	447,291	465,248	591,451	1841

Nhà Bè District	6 communes, 1 township	100.41	72,740	101,074	103,793	109,949	139,225	1095

Cần Giờ District	6 communes, 1 township	704.22	66,272	68,846	70,697	70,499	74,960	100

Total (suburban) districts	58 communes, 5 townships	1,601	976,839	1,282,249	1,336,244	1,371,321	1.631.145	857

Whole city	259 wards, 58 communes, 5 townships	2,097.06	6,117,251	7,162,864	7,396,446	7,521,138	8.072.129	3,587

Sentence(s)

The population of Ho Chi Minh City as of the 1 October 2004 census was 6,117,251 (of which 19 districts had 5,140,412 residents and 5 suburban districts had 976,839 inhabitants).

final_sentence: The population of Ho Chi Minh City as of the 1 October 2004 census was 6,117,251 (of which 19 districts had 5,140,412 residents and 5 suburban districts had 976,839 inhabitants).