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Provincial city in Vietnam
Vị Thanh
Vị Thanh City
Thành phố Vị Thanh
Vị Thanh downtown
Vị Thanh downtown
Nickname: 
Hậu River East City
Location in Hậu Giang Province
Location of Vị Thanh in Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°47′N 105°28′E / 9.783°N 105.467°E / 9.783; 105.467
Country Vietnam
Established
  • July 1, 1999: established Vị Thanh town
  • September 23, 2010: established Vị Thanh city
Government
 • Chairman of People's CommitteeHuỳnh Thanh Phong
 • Chairman of the People's CouncilTrần Quốc Khởi
 • SecretaryNguyễn Hữu Tình
Area
118.86 km2 (45.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
104,244
 • Density672/km2 (1,740/sq mi)
 • Urban 50,844 (68%)
Websitevithanh.haugiang.gov.vn

Vị Thanh is a provincial city and also the capital city of the former Hậu Giang Province in Vietnam, now merged with Can Tho. 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

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Vị Thanh city has an area of 118.67 km2 (45.82 sq mi), 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 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[2]
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References

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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年07月23日. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

9°47′N 105°28′E / 9.783°N 105.467°E / 9.783; 105.467

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