Hai Chau is an urban district (quận)

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 Da Nang

Da Nang

Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...

 in the South Central Coast

Nam Trung Bo

Nam Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region.The region has traditionally been one of the main gateways to...

 region of Vietnam. This is the administrative, cultural, commercial of this city. The city hall, the main theatre, main market are located in Hải Châu.

Administration

Hải Châu is administratively divided into 13 ward (phường):

• Hải Châu 1
• Hải Châu 2
• Thạch Thang
• Thanh Bình
• Thuận Phước
• Hòa Thuận Đông
• Hòa Thuận Tây
• Nam Dương
• Phước Ninh
• Bình Thuận
• Bình Hiên
• Hòa Cường Bắc
• Hòa Cường Nam

As of 2003 the district had a population of 197,118. The district covers an area of 21 km². The district capital lies at Da Nang

Da Nang

Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...

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