Ho Chi Minh City
largest city in Vietnam
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Summary
Ho Chi Minh City is a centrally-controlled city of Vietnam[1]. It draws 32,504 Wikipedia views per month (centrally controlled city of vietnam category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vietnam[3]
- Country: Vietnam[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Saigon River[5], Bến Nghé Channel[6]
- Head of government: Nguyễn Văn Được[7]
- Continent: Asia[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], megacity[10], largest city[11]
- Capital: Saigon[12]
- Shares border with: Tây Ninh[13], Đồng Nai[14], Đồng Tháp[15]
- Founder: Nguyen Huu Chanh[16]
- Named after: Ho Chi Minh[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bình Tân[18], Bình Thạnh[19], Cần Giờ[20], Củ Chi[21], Gò Vấp[22], Hóc Môn[23], Nhà Bè[24], Phú Nhuận[25], District 10[26], District 11[27], District 12[28], District 3[29], District 4[30], District 5[31]
- Twinned administrative body: San Francisco[32], Vientiane[33], Moscow[34], Manila[35], Shanghai[36], Rhône-Alpes[37], Busan[38], Osaka Prefecture[39], Champasak[40], Lyon[41], Guangzhou[42], Phnom Penh[43], Yekaterinburg[44], Shenyang[45]
- Postal code: 70000–70999[46], 71000–71999[47], 72000–72999[48], 73000–73999[49], 74000–74999[50]
- Part of: Southern Vietnam[51], Vietnam[52]
- Commons category: Ho Chi Minh City[53]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Ho Chi Minh City include Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics[54], a university[55], in Vietnam[56], founded in 1949[57], headquartered in Hanoi[58].
Why It Matters
Ho Chi Minh City has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for it include Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics[54], a university[55], in Vietnam[56], founded in 1949[57], headquartered in Hanoi[58].