Cần Giờ district

Cần Giờ district Huyện Cần Giờ
District
Seal
Cần Giờ in the metropolitan area of HCMC
10°30′43″N 106°52′50″E / 10.51194°N 106.88056°E / 10.51194; 106.88056
Country	Vietnam
Centrally governed city	Ho Chi Minh City
Seat	Cần Thạnh Town
Divisions	1 township (thị trấn), 6 communes (xã)
Area
• Total	704 km2 (272 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	74,960
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+07 (ICT)
Website	cangio.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Cần Giờ is a coastal suburban district of Ho Chi Minh City, in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

The district is located 50 km from downtown Ho Chi Minh City. As of 2010, the district had an area of 704 km² and population of 70,697.^[1] Cần Giờ is home to Cần Giờ Mangrove Forest, a biosphere reserve listed by UNESCO.

Geographical location

Cần Giờ borders Nhà Bè district to the north, Long An and Tiền Giang provinces to the west, Đồng Nai province to the northeast, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province to the southeast, and the East Sea to the south. The district is bordered on the West by the Soai Rap river, which currently connects through the Binh Khanh Ferry Terminal, with plans to construct the Cần Giờ Bridge.^[2]

Administration

Cần Giờ district includes the town of Cần Thạnh and six communes:

References

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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Municipal city

• City of Thủ Đức
  • District 2
  • District 9
  • Thủ Đức

Urban districts

• Bình Tân
• Bình Thạnh
• District 1
• District 3
• District 4
• District 5
• District 6
• District 7
• District 8
• District 10
• District 11
• District 12
• Gò Vấp
• Phú Nhuận
• Tân Bình
• Tân Phú

Rural districts

• Bình Chánh
• Cần Giờ
• Củ Chi
• Hóc Môn
• Nhà Bè

Others

• List of districtual name etymologies

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