Ho Chi Minh Ceety

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Ho Chi Minh City

Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

Thành phố Sài Gòn
Saigon
Thành phố trực thuộc trung ương
Clockwise, frae tap left: Bến Thành Mercat, Ho Chi Minh Ceety Haw, Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica o Saigon, Unthirldom Pailace, Municipal Theatre, Destrict 1 view frae Saigon river
Eik-name(s): 
Paris o the Orient, Pearl o the Far East
Location in Vietnam an Soothren Vietnam
Location in Vietnam an Soothren Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°46′36.8″N 106°42′02.9″E / 10.776889°N 106.700806°E / 10.776889; 106.700806
KintraVietnam Vietnam
Foondit1698
Renamed1976
DemonymSaigonese
Govrenment
 • Pairty Secretar:Lê Thanh Hải
 • Fowk's Committee Chairman:Lê Hoàng Quân
 • Fowk's Cooncil Chairwoman:Nguyễn Thị Quyết Tâm
Area
 • Total2095.5 km2 (809.23 sq mi)
Elevation
19 m (63 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total7,981,900
 • Rank1st in Vietnam
 • Density3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+07:00 (ICT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+7 (No DST)
Aurie codes28
GDP (nominal)2014 estimate
 - Tot50 billion USD
 - Per capita5131 USD
 - GrowthIncrease 9.5%
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Ho Chi Minh Ceety (offeecially cawed the "Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh") is the maist populous ceety in Vietnam, wi mair nor 7 million indwallers, the maist strangly populate major ceety in Indocheenae, an is at the mids o internaitional finance, politeecs, divert, an cultur. Ho Chi Minh ceiti haes the thrangest airport in Vietnam, Tan Son Nhat Airport.

Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Thare are 25 sister ceeties/regions o Ho Chi Minh Ceety:[2]

Ceety Frae
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae 14 Mey 1994
Philippines Manila, Philippines 27 June 1994
United States San Francisco, USA 10 April 1995
Japan Osaka, Japan 13 June 1995
Sooth Korea Busan, Republic o Korea 3 November 1995
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Guangzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae 1 Aprile 1996
Fraunce Lyon, Fraunce 17 Januar 1997
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Shenyang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae 21 Aprile 1999
Roushie Sverdlovsk Oblast, Roushie 5 September 2000
Laos Champasak Province, Laos 28 August 2001
Laos Vientiane, Laos 1 September 2001
Fraunce Rhône-Alpes (region), Fraunce 8 November 2001
Cambodie Phnom Penh, Cambodie Juin 2002
Roushie Moscow, Roushie 31 October 2003
Canadae Toronto, Ontario, Canadae 13 Februar 2006
Japan Yokohama, Japan 23 Julie 2007
Japan Hyōgo Prefectur, Japan 27 October 2007
Belaroushie Minsk, Belaroushie 4 November 2008[3]
Roushie Vladivostok, Roushie 21 Mey 2009
Spain Barcelona, Spain 29 Mey 2009
Spain Seville, Spain 29 Mey 2009
Sooth Africae Johannesburg, Republic o Sooth Africae 10 November 2009
Mexico Monterrey, Mexico 27 May 2013

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b Statistical Handbook of Vietnam 2014, General Statistics Office Of Vietnam
  2. "CÁC ĐỊA PHƯƠNG NƯỚC NGOÀI ĐÃ THIẾT LẬP QUAN HỆ HỮU NGHỊ HỢP TÁC VỚI TPHCM". mofahcm.gov.vn. 9 October 2010. Archived frae the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 8 Januar 2011.
  3. "Twin towns and Sister cities of Minsk [via WaybackMachine.com]" (in Russian). The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee. Archived frae the original on 2 Mey 2013. Retrieved 21 Julie 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

Coordinates: 10°46′10″N 106°40′55″E / 10.76944°N 106.68194°E / 10.76944; 106.68194