Hà Đông district

Hà Đông is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district has 17 wards, covering a total area of. As of 2019, there were 397,854 people residing in the district, the third highest of all districts in Hanoi, after Hoàng Mai. The district borders Thanh Trì district, Thanh Xuân district, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hoài Đức district, Quốc Oai district, Chương Mỹ district, Thanh Oai district.
Hà Đông has a significant number of monuments, landmarks, relics, traditional festivals and craft villages. It is an important transport hub and is also home to various government offices and universities.
Hà Đông was the capital [Provincial Provincial city (Vietnam)|city (Vietnam)|city] of the former Hà Tây province. In September 2009, it became an urban district of Hanoi follow the annexation of Hà Tây Province into Hanoi a year ago, due to the confusion of keeping Hà Đông in the city-status or change it as those area was promoted into city-status recently then and the government still not has laws for city under a municipality then until 2016 when municipal city is in the official administrative division.

Wards

Hà Đông district is subdivided to 17 wards, including: