Cầu Kiệu (Vietnamese: ) is a ward 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 Cầu Kiệu ward is located in the north of the central core of Ho Chi Minh City, bordering:
Gia Định ward to the east; Đức Nhuận ward to the north, separated by Hoàng Văn Thụ Street; Phú Nhuận ward to the west, separated by streets of Phan Đình Phùng, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi and Trần Huy Liệu; Tân Định ward to the south by Nhiêu Lộc - Thị Nghè Channel.
According to Official Dispatch No. 2896/BNV-CQĐP dated May 27, 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following the merger, Phú Nhuận ward has a land area of 1.46 km², the population as of December 31, 2024 is 62,663 people, the population density is 132,000 people/km². Kiệu Bridge
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 Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 7 and part of Ward 15 of the former Phú Nhuận district will be integrated into a new ward named Cầu Kiệu (Clause 54, Article 1).
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