Tân Bình district

Tân Bình district

Quận Tân Bình
Tân Bình district Quận Tân Bình
Urban district
	Giác Lâm Temple
	Position in HCMC's core
	Tân Bình district
	Coordinates: 10°47′39″N 106°39′16″E / 10.79417°N 106.65444°E
Country	Vietnam
Centrally governed city	Ho Chi Minh City
Seat	387A Trường Chinh
Wards	15 phường
Government
• People's Committee	Nguyễn Bá Thành
Area
• Total	22.43 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	474,792
• Density	21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Main ethnic groups	Predominantly Việt
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)
Website	tanbinh.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

Tân Bình is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The city's international airport is situated in the district.^[1] It consists of 15 wards, from Ward 1 to Ward 15. It occupies 22.43 km² (8.66 sq mi). In the 2019 census, Tân Bình district has a population of 474,792 people.^[2]

Geography

Tân Bình is situated within the urban core of Ho Chi Minh City. It borders Phú Nhuận and District 3 to the east, Tân Phú to the west, District 10 and District 11 to the south, District 12 and Gò Vấp to the north.

Most of the district landscape is flat. The average terrain height is 4–5 m (13–16 ft) with the highest natural elevation being around 8–9 m (26–30 ft) in the area of Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1976	280,942	—
1980	250,472	−2.83%
1985	287,978	+2.83%
1990	357,202	+4.40%
1995	464,165	+5.38%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2000	646,407	+6.85%
2003	754,160	+5.27%
2004	404,239	−46.40%
2009	421,724	+0.85%
2019	474,792	+1.19%

Note: Tân Bình was partitioned in late 2003 to create Tân Phú district
Source: Tân Bình District People's Council, 2009 Census,^[3] 2019 Census^[2]

As of the April 1, 2019 census, there were 133,745 households and 474,792 residents in the district.^[2] 16.5% were under the age of 14, 77.5% from 15 to 64, and 6% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males.^[4]

Ethnic groups

In 2004, the population was predominantly ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) with 93.33%. The second-largest ethnic group was the Chinese (Hoa) with 6.38%. Other ethnic groups included Khmer with 0.11%, Tày with 0,05%, Nùng with 0,03%, Mường with 0,02%, Chăm with 0,02% and Thái with 0,01% of the population.^[5]

Religion

According to the 1999 census, 56.68% reported to be non-religious, 22.9% practiced Catholicism, 19.62% practiced Buddhism, 0.4% practiced Cao Dai, 0.37% practiced Protestantism, 0.02% were Muslims while 0.01% followed Hoa Hao.^[5]

Economy

Pacific Airlines and Vietnam Air Services Company have their headquarters in the district.^[6]^[7] VietJet Air has its Ho Chi Minh City office in the district as well.^[8]

Education

Tân Bình district has one of the most notable high schools in Ho Chi Minh City, the Nguyễn Thượng Hiền High School. Other public high schools are Nguyễn Chí Thanh High School, Nguyễn Thái Bình High School and one of the most popular private high school in Ho Chi Minh City, Lý Tự Trọng High School.

Tân Bình School's Disability Workplace Education and Training Project is a collaborative project involving Tân Bình District Department of Education and Training, RMIT University's Department of Social and Community Services and the Loreto Vietnam Australia Program (LVAP). The project is funded by the Australian Government International Aid Program (AusAID) and technical support is provided by AVI (Australian Volunteers International).^[9]