About the neighborhood
Urban district in South Central Coast, Vietnam
Hải Châu was an urban district (quận) of Da Nang in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. Since districts were abolished in 2025, it ceased to exist. Its northern wards were rearranged into Hải Châu ward, while the southern wards were rearranged into Hòa Cường ward.
It was the administrative, cultural and commercial center of the city. The municipal hall, theater and central market are located in what used to be Hải Châu district. Da Nang International Airport is also located on the boundary of Hải Châu district and just about 3 kilometres (1.9mi) away from the district's center.
Hải Châu district and Khuê Trung Ward of Cẩm Lệ District, which was separated from Hải Châu district to form Cẩm Lệ district in 2005, was called District I (Quận Nhứt) in the Republic of Vietnam period.
Administration
Hải Châu was one of the central districts of Da Nang. Da Nang Bay lies north of the district, Thanh Khê district lay to the west, Sơn Trà and Ngũ Hành Sơn districts lay to the east, and Cẩm Lệ district lay to the west and south.
Hải Châu was administratively divided into 13 wards (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 covered an area of 21km. The administrative center of the district was in Phước Ninh ward.
References
16°03′38″N 108°11′46″E / 16.06056°N 108.19611°E / 16.06056; 108.19611
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Hai Chau, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
