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Bến Nghé is a ward of District 1, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam.

Geography
Bến Nghé ward located at the center of District 1, bordered with other wards and districts:


 * To the east by Thủ Thiêm ward, Thủ Đức city with Sài Gòn river as border
 * To the west by Võ Thị Sáu ward, District 3 with corner of Hai Ba Trung and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street as border; and Bến Thành ward with Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street as border
 * To the south by Nguyễn Thái Bình ward with Hàm Nghi Boulevard as border
 * To the north by ward 19, ward 22 of Bình Thạnh district with Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel as border and Đa Kao ward with Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street as border.

The total area of the ward is 2,48 km², population in 2021 is 11.454 people, with the density of 4.618 people/km². The ward is the headquarters of many important administrative agencies of District 1 and Ho Chi Minh City such as the People's Committee and the People's Council.

Administration
Bến Nghé ward divided into 9 quarters, numbered from 1 to 8 and Bason quarter, where used to be the Saigon - Bason Naval Shipyard now is Saigon - Bason Complex.

History
Bến Nghé was an area of historic Sài Gòn – Gia Định, the name for current downtown of Hồ Chí Minh City from 17th century to mid-19th century. Until French colonial period, based on the original Bến Nghé urban area, French people has schemed the city of Sài Gòn. The name of Bến Nghé is no longer used from then. In 1959, the government of the Republic of Vietnam issued a decree dividing the districts of Saigon City into many wards. Of which, District 1 has 4 wards: Bến Nghé, Hòa Bình, Tự Đức and Trần Quang Khải. The current Bến Nghé ward corresponds to the two wards of Bến Nghé and Hòa Bình at that time, the boundary of the two wards is Lê Thánh Tôn street.

After 1975, Hòa Bình ward was merged into Bến Nghé ward. However, in 1976, Bến Nghé ward was dissolved and divided into 3 wards: Ward 8, Ward 9 and Ward 10.

On August 26, 1982, the Council of Ministers issued Decision 147-HĐBT (Quyết định 147-HĐBT). Accordingly, Ward 9 is dissolved to merge into Wards 8, 10, 18 and 19 (which is now part of Nguyen Thai Binh ward).

On December 28, 1988, Issued by the Council of Ministers Quyết định (Decision) 184-HĐBT. Accordingly, the entire area and population of Ward 8 and Ward 10 were merged to re-establish Ben Nghe ward.