Sai Gon
Saigon is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 47,000 residents
- Description: ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Phuong Sai Gon”, “Sài Gòn ward”, “Saigon”, and “Saigon ward”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ben Thanh Market and War Remnants Museum.
Ben Thanh Market
Marketplace
Photo: MrTMan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bến Thành Market is located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in District 1. The market is one of the earliest surviving structures in the city and an important symbol of the city.
War Remnants Museum
Museum
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Võ Văn Tần Street, Xuân Hòa, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.
Independence Palace
Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.
The Independence Palace, also publicly and officially known as the Reunification Convention Hall or simply Reunification Hall, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Sai Gon
- Categories: ward of Vietnam, administrative center, and locality
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.7792° or 10° 46′ 45″ northLongitude
106.6999° or 106° 41′ 60″ eastPopulation
47,000Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Abbreviation
“SG”United Nations Location Code
VN BNGOpen location code
7P28QMHX+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 12925604995OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8336104Wikidata ID
Q135026770
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Sai Gon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Phường Sài Gòn”
- Chinese: “西貢坊”
- French: “Saïgon”
- Portuguese: “Saigon, Ho Chi Minh”
- Portuguese: “Saigon”
- Slovenian: “Sajgon”
- Thai: “ไซ่ง่อน”
- Vietnamese: “Phường Bến Ngé (tên cũ)”
- Vietnamese: “phường Sài Gòn”
- Vietnamese: “Phường Sài Gòn”
- Vietnamese: “Sài Gòn”
- “Sài Gòn”
- “Saigon”
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