Châu Đức, Ho Chi Minh City
commune of Ho Chi Minh City
Châu Đức (Vietnamese: Xã Châu Đức) is a commune of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.
Geography
Châu Đức is located in the east of Ho Chi Minh City, about 30 kilometers north of Bà Rịa ward and about 80 kilometers east of Saigon ward it has the following geographical location:
To the northeast, it borders Sông Ray commune of Đồng Nai province
To the east, it borders Bình Giã commune
To the south, it borders Kim Long commune
To the southwest, it borders Tân Thành ward
To the west, it borders Phước Thái and Long Phước communes of Đồng Nai province
To the north, it borders Xuân Đường and Cẩm Mỹ communes of Đồng Nai province.
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQĐP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following the merger, Châu Đức has a land area of 84.66 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 28,240 people, the population density is 333 people/km².
History
On June 16, 2025, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 (effective from June 16, 2025). Accordingly, the entire land area and population of Cù Bị and Xà Bang communes of the former Châu Đức district will be integrated into a new commune named Châu Đức (Clause 156, Article 1).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Châu Đức, Ho Chi Minh City” as commune of Ho Chi Minh City. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2792853. Authority coordinates are 10.727, 107.240. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2025, 2024 and 1685.
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