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Urban district (Vietnamese: quận), or borough, is a type of second tier subdivision on Vietnam is divided into 713 units along with district, provincial city, and town have equal status.[1]

The urban districts can only subordinate to municipality as the Second Tier unit. At the Third Tier, urban district is divided into wards.

History[edit]

Before 1975, in South Vietnam, all second-level administrative subdivisions were called districts (quận), regardless of urban or rural areas. For example, quận Châu Thành, Vĩnh Long Province is in the urban area of present Vĩnh Long city, and quận Trà Ôn was the rural area of present Vĩnh Long Province.

As of December 31, 2008, Vietnam had 46 urban districts.[2] Ho Chi Minh City with 19 urban districts had the most. Cần Thơ City with five urban districts had the fewest.

List of urban districts in Vietnam[edit]

Hanoi (12 urban districts)

Ho Chi Minh City (16 urban districts)

Haiphong (7 urban districts)

Da Nang (6 urban districts)

Cần Thơ (5 urban districts)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Đơn vị hành chính". Archived from the original on 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ The data of local administrative subdivisions till 31 December 2008 by Vietnam Statistics General Office. Archived 1 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_districts_of_Vietnam

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