On August 6, news from the People's Council of Thanh Hoa province said that it had issued a resolution approving the policy of merging Dong Son district into Thanh Hoa city; Establishing wards and arranging commune-level administrative units for the period 2023 - 2025 of Thanh Hoa city, Thanh Hoa province.
Accordingly, importing the entire 82.87km2 natural area and population of 101,272 people of Dong Son district into Thanh Hoa city.
Thus, after importation, Thanh Hoa city has a natural area of 228.22km2 and a population of 615,106 people.
Thanh Hoa city borders the districts: Hoang Hoa, Thieu Hoa, Trieu Son, Quang Xuong, Nong Cong and Sam Son city.
In parallel with the merger of Dong Son district into Thanh Hoa city; Authorities also established many wards in Thanh Hoa city.
Accordingly, Rung Thong ward was established based on the entire 5.96km2 natural area and population of 11,918 people of Rung Thong town.
Rung Thong Ward borders the communes: Dong Tien, Dong Thanh, Dong Khe and the wards: Dong Linh, Dong Thinh, Dong Tan.
Established Dong Thinh ward on the basis of the entire 4.38km2 natural area and population of 7,630 people of Dong Thinh commune.
Dong Thinh ward borders the communes: Dong Yen, Dong Minh, Dong Van, Dong Khe and the wards: Dong Tan, Rung Thong.
Established Hoang Quang ward on the basis of the entire 6.30km2 natural area and population of 8,954 people of Hoang Quang commune.
Hoang Quang ward borders the wards: Dong Hai, Quang Hung, Hoang Dai, Long Anh and borders Hoang Hoa district.
Established Hoang Dai ward on the basis of the entire 4.67km2 natural area and population of 7,491 people of Hoang Dai commune.
Hoang Dai ward borders the wards: Hoang Quang, Quang Hung and Hoang Hoa district.
Import the entire 0.87km2 natural area and population of 16,152 people of Tan Son ward into Phu Son ward. After merging, the name of the ward is Phu Son ward.
Phu Son ward has a natural area of 2.70km2 and a population of 33,359 people.
Thus, after merging Dong Son district into Thanh Hoa city, Thanh Hoa province has 26 district-level administrative units, including: 2 cities (Thanh Hoa city, Sam Son city), 2 towns (towns). Bim Son, Nghi Son town) and 22 districts.
Thanh Hoa city has 47 commune-level administrative units, including 33 wards and 14 communes.
