District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
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District 5 is an urban district (quận)
Districts of Vietnam
||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

, the largest city in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. The Chinese community accounts for a significant population in this district. There are several hospitals in this district.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 210,993. The district covers an area of 4 km².

Location within Ho Chi Minh City

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