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Vị Thanh | |
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| Vị Thanh City Thành phố Vị Thanh | |
 Vị Thanh downtown | |
| Nickname: Hậu River East City | |
 Location inHậu Giang Province | |
  Vị Thanh Location of Vị Thanh in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates:9°47′N105°28′E / 9.783°N 105.467°E /9.783; 105.467 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Established |
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| Government | |
| • Chairman of People's Committee | Huỳnh Thanh Phong |
| • Chairman of the People's Council | Trần Quốc Khởi |
| • Secretary | Nguyễn Hữu Tình |
| Area | |
| 118.86 km2 (45.89 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | |
| 104,244 | |
| • Density | 672/km2 (1,740/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 50,844 (68%) |
| Website | vithanh |
Vị Thanh is a provincial city and also the capital city of the formerHậu Giang Province inVietnam, now merged withCan Tho. Formerly, it was the capital town ofChương-Thiện province inSouth 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 toNational Road 1 which leads toCần Thơ Municipality on the Hậu River which leads toHo Chi Minh City), and water connections bycanal and river to the Hậu River.
Vị Thanh is the second biggest city of Hậu Giang, afterNgã Bảy became a city in 2020.
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 | ||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
9°47′N105°28′E / 9.783°N 105.467°E /9.783; 105.467
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