District 8

District 8 is a former urban district of , the largest city in . It is divided into 16 small subsets called wards, numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: urban district of Vietnam
  • Description: Urban District of Ho Chi Minh City
  • Also known as: “District 8, Ho Chi Minh City”, “Quan Tam”, and “Quận Tám”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nhi Phu Temple and Cho Ray Hospital.

Photo: Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hospital
Photo: trungydang, CC BY 3.0.
Chợ Rẫy Hospital is the largest general hospital in , ; and is also one of the three high specialized hospital in Vietnam along with and , founded in 1900 during the French colonial rule as Hôpital Municipal de Cholon. is situated 4 km northeast of District 8.

University
The Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a public medical university located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. is situated 4 km northeast of District 8.

District 8

Latitude
10.7287° or 10° 43′ 43″ north
Longitude
106.6401° or 106° 38′ 24″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
7P28PJHR+F2
Geo­Names ID
1904880
Wiki­data ID
Q5283273
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Satellite Map

Discover District 8 from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“District 8” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Quận Tám”
  • Chinese: “8 Kūn”
  • Chinese: “第八郡”
  • Chinese: “胡志明市第八郡”
  • Dutch: “Quận 8”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto 8”
  • French: “8e arrondissement d’Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville”
  • French: “8e arrondissement de Hô Chi Minh-Ville”
  • Japanese: “8区”
  • Korean: “8군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “8 kūn”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito 8 (Cidade de Ho Chi Minh)”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito 8”
  • Russian: “Район 8 (Хошимин)”
  • Russian: “Район 8”
  • Thai: “เขต 8”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 8 (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh)”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 8, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 8”

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