District 3

District 3 is a former urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. Together with District 1, District 3 was considered the bustling heart of the city, with a multitude of businesses, religious sites, historical buildings and tourist attractions.

Type: Locality with 220,000 residents
Description: urban district of Ho Chi Minh City
Also known as: “District 3, Ho Chi Minh City” and “Quan Ba”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Thanh Market and Independence Palace.

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.

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 historic landmark and government-owned public hall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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.

District 3

Category: urban district
Location: Quận Ba, Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

10.7749° or 10° 46′ 30″ north

Longitude

106.6863° or 106° 41′ 11″ east

Population

220,000

Elevation

8 metres (26 feet)

Abbreviation

“Q3”

Open location code

7P28QMFP+XG

GeoNames ID

9645086

Wikidata ID

Q1926820

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“District 3” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Quận Ba”
Chinese: “3 Kūn”
Chinese: “第三郡”
Chinese: “胡志明市第三郡”
Dutch: “Quan 3”
Dutch: “Quận 3”
Esperanto: “Distrikto 3”
French: “3e arrondissement d’Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville”
French: “3e arrondissement de Hô Chi Minh-Ville”
French: “3e arrondissement de Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville”
French: “3ème arrondissement de Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville”
French: “3er arrondissement de Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville”
German: “Quận 3”
Japanese: “3区”
Korean: “3군”
Min Nan Chinese: “3 kūn”
Portuguese: “Distrito 3 (Cidade de Ho Chi Minh)”
Portuguese: “Distrito 3”
Russian: “Куан Ба”
Russian: “Район 3 (Хошимин)”
Russian: “Район 3”
Thai: “เขต 3”
Vietnamese: “Q.3”
Vietnamese: “Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh”
Vietnamese: “Quận 3”

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