Thốt Nốt is a urban district

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 (quận) of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...

 region of Vietnam. To the south and west it borders Vinh Thanh

Vinh Thanh

Vinh Thanh is a district of Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The district borders An Giang Province to the west, Kien Giang Province to the south, Thốt Nốt District to the north....

 and An Giang Province

An Giang Province

An Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country, sharing a border with Cambodia to the northwest.- Geography :...

, and to the north with Dong Thap.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 192,327. By 2007 this had risen to 196,610. The district covers an area of 171 km². The district capital lies at Thot Not

Thot Not

Thốt Nốt is a urban district of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. To the south and west it borders Vinh Thanh and An Giang Province, and to the north with Dong Thap....

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Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 9 wards:

Thuận, Thuận An, Thốt Nốt, Thạnh Hòa, Trung Nhứt, Trung Kiên, Thuận Hưng, Tân Hưng và Tân Lộc.

Economy

Currently an industrial zone is being built in Thot Not with a total area of construction, 22.5 hectares. This area is oriented as a third industrial city of Can Tho, the Tra Noc Industrial Zone, and Hung Phu.