District 1 (Ho Chi Minh City)
Coordinates: 10 ° 47 ' N , 106 ° 42' E
The District 1 ( Vietnamese : Quan 1 ) is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam . 226,569 people live here on an area of 7.71 square kilometers (as of 2006).
District 1 is the financial, educational, cultural, administrative, political, commercial center of this city. There are numerous government offices and embassies there.
District 1 of Saigon River seen from
The district was designed by French architects during the time of French Indochina . Significant structures are: