Vị Thanh Explained

Vị Thanh
Official Name:Vị Thanh City
Native Name:Thành phố Vị Thanh
Nickname:Tây sông Hậu City
Settlement Type:City (Class-3)
Mapsize:240px
Pushpin Map:Vietnam
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Vị Thanh in Vietnam
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hậu Giang
Leader Title1:Chairman of People's Committee
Leader Name1:Huỳnh Thanh Phong
Leader Title2:Chairman of the People's Council
Leader Name2:Trần Quốc Khởi
Leader Title3:Secretary
Leader Name3:Nguyễn Hữu Tình
Established Date:
  • July 1, 1999: established Vị Thanh town
  • September 23, 2010: established Vị Thanh city
Area Total Km2:118.86
Population As Of:2015
Population Urban:50,844 (68%)
Population Total:104,244
Population Density Km2:672
Coordinates:9.7833°N 133°W

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.[1]

Commune-level administrative unitWard IWard IIIWard IVWard VWard VIIHỏa Lựu
Commune
Hỏa Tiến
Commune
Tân Tiến
Commune
Vị Tân
Commune
Acreage (km²)0,7513,557,977,916,2117,3923,8121,9522,97
Population5.62810.70312.7547.2707.8096.8624.2637.06011.027
Population density8.602 km²792 km²1.633 km²905 km²1.289 km²433 km²212 km²396 km²487 km²
Number of administrative units4 areas6 areas7 areas5 areas5 areas6 hamlets5 hamlets6 hamlets9 hamlets
Founded year199919991999199920031991197920061978
Source: Commune-level population in Vị Thanh city in 2019[2]

References

9.7833°N 133°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: tựa đề= Thành phố Vị Thanh tổng kết điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2019 . vi. September 18, 2019 . Hữu Nghị . Báo Hậu Giang Online .
  2. Web site: Dân số đến 31 tháng 12 năm 2019 - thành phố Vị Thanh, tỉnh Hậu Giang . vi. June 19, 2021 . Cổng thông tin điện tử thành phố Vị Thanh . 2021-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210723152009/https://vithanh.haugiang.gov.vn/vi/don-vi-hanh-chinh/ . dead .