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Vị Thanh is a provincial city and also the capital city of the former Hậu Giang Province in Vietnam, now merged with Can Tho. Formerly, it was the capital town of Chương-Thiện province in South Vietnam. In 2004, Vị Thanh became the capital of Hậu Giang Province. It has an industrial zone of 880,000 square metres (217 acres). There are roads, National Highway 61 (which leads to National Road 1 which leads to Cần Thơ Municipality on the Hậu River which leads to Ho Chi Minh City), and water connections by canal and river to the Hậu River.
Vị Thanh is the second biggest city of Hậu Giang, after Ngã Bảy became a city in 2020.
Population
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Vị Thanh city has an area of 118.67 km2 (45.82 sq mi), the population as of April 1, 2019, is 73,322 people, of which: the urban population is 44,164 people (60%), rural population is 29,158 people (40%), population density reaches 618 people/km2.[1]
Commune-level administrative unit
Ward I
Ward III
Ward IV
Ward V
Ward VII
Hỏa LựuCommune
Hỏa TiếnCommune
Tân TiếnCommune
Vị TânCommune
Acreage (km²)
0,75
13,55
7,97
7,91
6,21
17,39
23,81
21,95
22,97
Population
5.628
10.703
12.754
7.270
7.809
6.862
4.263
7.060
11.027
Population density
8.602 km²
792 km²
1.633 km²
905 km²
1.289 km²
433 km²
212 km²
396 km²
487 km²
Number of administrative units
4 areas
6 areas
7 areas
5 areas
5 areas
6 hamlets
5 hamlets
6 hamlets
9 hamlets
Founded year
1999
1999
1999
1999
2003
1991
1979
2006
1978
Source: Commune-level population in Vị Thanh city in 2019[2]
Gallery
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Vị Hưng Church next to Xà No River in Vị Thanh city.
References
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^Hữu Nghị (September 18, 2019). "tựa đề= Thành phố Vị Thanh tổng kết điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2019". Báo Hậu Giang Online (in Vietnamese).
^Cổng thông tin điện tử thành phố Vị Thanh. "Dân số đến 31 tháng 12 năm 2019 - thành phố Vị Thanh, tỉnh Hậu Giang" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved June 19, 2021.