[3] Nam Từ Liêm urban district is divided into 10 wards (phường):[5] Cầu Diễn, Đại Mỗ, Mễ Trĩ, Mỹ Đình 1, Mỹ Đình 2, Phú Đô, Phương Canh, Tây Mỗ, Trung Văn, Xuân Phương.

Nam Từ Liêm coverts a total area of 32.19 square kilometres (12.43 sq mi).

[6] The district is bordered by Bắc Từ Liêm to the north, Cầu Giấy to the east, Thanh Xuân to the southeast, Hà Đông to the south and Hoài Đức to the west.

Besides, Mỹ Đình Bus Station is a major bus terminal in western Hanoi, with metropolitan buses and long distance buses to provinces north and northwest of Hanoi.

[7] As of 2019,[2] there were 264,246 people residing in Nam Từ Liêm urban district, the population density is 8200 inhabitants per square kilometer.