Gò Vấp district

GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p ] is a former urban district of Ho Chi Minh City that ceased to exist in July 1st 2025.

History

Historically, GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p was part of Gia ÃÂÃ¡Â»Ânh province until 1976, when the province was annexed to the city of Saigon and renamed into Ho Chi Minh City.

In July 1976, two wards (BÃÂ¬nh HÃÂ²a and ThÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh MÃ¡Â»Â¹ TÃÂ¢y) split from GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p District to create the new BÃÂ¬nh ThÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh district. Later, the communes of BÃÂ¬nh MÃ¡Â»Â¹ joined CÃ¡Â»Â§ Chi district, and NhÃ¡Â»Â BÃÂ¬nh, TÃÂ¢n ThÃ¡Â»Âi HiÃ¡Â»Âp, ThÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh LÃ¡Â»Âc and An PhÃÂº ÃÂÃÂ´ng joined HÃÂ³c MÃÂ´n district (the two latter were split to create the District 12). GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p District was consists of 16 wardsÃ¢ÂÂ1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Until 2025, when some wards were dissolved and merged into the other wards nearby, including: 4 and 7 into 1, 9 into 8, 13 into 14 and 15. The district has 12 wards tally.

Since the 1980s, GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p has undergone significant urbanization. It is more populous than most of the other districts.

A high urbanization rate has made GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p become one of the three districts that has high population growth in the city. Specifically, GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p had 144,000 people in 1976, and the population increased to 223,000 people in 1995, 231,000 people in 2000, 413,000 people in 2003, and 455,000 people in 2004. From 1980 to 2003, the population of GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p increased to nearly 3 times its population, and on average, increased 13.66% annually. According to the population census in 2017, the population of GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p was 663,313 people, the second-most population among other districts in Vietnam, right after BÃÂ¬nh TÃÂ¢n district, also in Ho Chi Minh City.

Geography

Topography

GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p is an urban district located in the north and northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p borders with:

BÃÂ¬nh ThÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh District to the east
TÃÂ¢n BÃÂ¬nh District to the west mostly TÃÂ¢n SÃÂ¡n NhÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t Airporl wall
PhÃÂº NhuÃ¡ÂºÂn District to the south
District 12 to the north and northwest by Tham LÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng - BÃ¡ÂºÂ¿n CÃÂ¡t River

The total land area is .

Population

According to the population census in 2017 of Ho Chi Minh City's Census Bureau, the district's population was 663,313 people, and the population density was 33,602 people per square kilometer. There are 8 ethnic groups in GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p, which are the Kinh people (98%), the Hoa people (1.8%), and the other 6 minor ethnic groups (0.2%).

Notes and references

Notes

References

SÃÂ¡n Nam, NÃÂ³i vÃ¡Â»Â miÃ¡Â»Ân Nam (Talk about the South), publishing by LÃÂ¡ BÃ¡Â»Âi, Saigon, 1967.
SÃÂ¡n Nam, VÃÂn minh miÃ¡Â»Ât vÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Ân (The Civilization of the Countryside), publishing by An TiÃÂªm, Saigon, 1970.
SÃÂ¡n Nam, LÃ¡Â»Âch sÃ¡Â»Â khÃ¡ÂºÂ©n hoang miÃ¡Â»Ân Nam (History of Reclamation in the South), publishing by ÃÂÃÂ´ng PhÃ¡Â»Â, Saigon, 1973.
SÃÂ¡n Nam, CÃÂ¡ tÃÂnh miÃ¡Â»Ân Nam (The Personality of the South), publishing by ÃÂÃÂ´ng PhÃ¡Â»Â, Saigon, 1974.
SÃÂ¡n Nam, ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âng bÃ¡ÂºÂ±ng sÃÂ´ng CÃ¡Â»Âu Long - nÃÂ©t sinh hoÃ¡ÂºÂ¡t xÃÂ°a (The Mekong Delta and Its Old Lifestyle), publishing by Hochiminh-City Publishing House, Saigon, 1985.
SÃÂ¡n Nam, Danh thÃ¡ÂºÂ¯ng miÃ¡Â»Ân Nam (Famous Landscapes of the South), publishing by ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âng ThÃÂ¡p P. H., Cao LÃÂ£nh, 1998.
SÃÂ¡n Nam, TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿p cÃ¡ÂºÂn ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âng bÃ¡ÂºÂ±ng sÃÂ´ng CÃ¡Â»Âu Long (Access to the Mekong Delta), publishing by TrÃ¡ÂºÂ» P. H., Saigon, 2000.
TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n NgÃ¡Â»Âc ThÃÂªm. CÃÂ¡ sÃ¡Â»Â vÃÂn hÃÂ³a ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam (The Foundation of Vietnamese Culture), 504 pages. Publishing by NhÃÂ xuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥t bÃ¡ÂºÂ£n ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ¡i hÃ¡Â»Âc TÃ¡Â»Âng hÃ¡Â»Â£p TPHCM. Saigon, Vietnam, 1995.

English

George Coedes. The Making of South East Asia, 2nd ed. University of California Press, 1983.
Li Tana (2011). Jiaozhi (Giao ChÃ¡Â»Â) in the Han period Tongking Gulf. In Cooke, Nola; Li Tana; Anderson, James A. (eds.). The Tongking Gulf Through History. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 39Ã¢ÂÂ44. ISBN 9780812205022.
Li Tana, Towards an environmental history of the eastern Red River Delta, Vietnam, c.900Ã¢ÂÂ1400, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014.
Samuel Baron, Christoforo Borri, Olga Dror, Keith W. Taylor (2018). Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam : Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-501-72090-1.

External links

GÃÂ² VÃ¡ÂºÂ¥p the dynamic heart of Hochiminh City (vi)