Cai Rang is an urban district (huyện)

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...

 region of Vietnam.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 77,292. This increased to 82,152 in 2007. The district covers an area of 63 km².

Cai Rang District was established by Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP on January 2, 2004.

The district borders Vinh Long

Vinh Long

Vĩnh Long is the capital of the Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The name was spelled 永隆 in the former Hán Tự writing system....

 to the east, and also Tay Phong Dien district, Hau Giang Province

Hau Giang Province

Hậu Giang became Can Tho province during/after 1975. Can Tho was the capital of Can Tho province. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. In late 2004, Can Tho and some surrounding cities became Can Tho Municipality . The remainder of Cần Thơ province became Hậu Giang province .Vi...

, and Bac Ninh Kieu district.

Administrative divisions

Cai Rang District is divided into wards (Phường):

• Lê Bình: 246,37 ha, 13,968 people
• Thường Thạnh: 1.035,81 ha, 10,431 people
• Phú Thứ: 2.013,29 ha, 12,781 people
• Tân Phú: 806,66 ha, 6,386 people
• Ba Láng: 531,52 ha, 6,339 people
• Hưng Phú
• Hưng Thạnh