{{Infobox settlement | name = U Minh district | settlement_type = District | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = Huyện U Minh | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = RungUMinh1.jpg | imagesize = 292px | image_caption = U Minh forest. | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = Ca mau province map - sm.png | mapsize = | map_caption = Districts of Cà Mau province | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Vietnam}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Cà Mau | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | seat_type = Capital | seat = U Minh | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 764 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2019 census | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 100,876 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = 7,106 | population_rural = 93,770 | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_mi2 = | timezone = Indochina Time | utc_offset = +07:00 | latd = | latm = | lats = | latNS = | longd = | longm = | longs = | longEW = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''U Minh''' is a former rural district (''huyện'') of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 100,876.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U Minh (District, Cà Mau, Vietnam) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/vietnam/admin/c%C3%A0_mau/966__u_minh/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref><ref name="Statoids">{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html|title=Districts of Vietnam|publisher=Statoids|access-date=March 13, 2009}}</ref> The district covers an area of {{convert|764|km2}}. The district capital lies at U Minh.<ref name="Statoids"/>
It is located on Vietnam's western coast on the Cà Mau Peninsula, abutting the Gulf of Thailand. It is bordered by the districts of U Minh Thượng district to the north in Kiên Giang province, Trần Văn Thời to the south and Thới Bình to the east.
The terrain is mostly flat, salty floodplains.
==Divisions== Before 2025, the district is subdivided into 8 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of U Minh and the rural communes of Nguyễn Phích, Khánh Hội, Khánh Hòa, Khánh Tiến, Khánh Thuận, Khánh Lâm and Khánh An.
In 2025, the Area was rearranged into 4 communes: U Minh, Nguyen Phich, Khanh Lam, Khanh An.
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Category:Districts of Cà Mau province
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