Tây Ninh () is a provincial city in south-eastern Vietnam. It is the capital of Tây Ninh Province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland. Tây Ninh is approximately to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city. As of 2019, the city had a population of 135,254 over the provincial population of 1,169,165, and a total area of .

Tourist attractions

The city is known for being the home of the

Cao Đài Caodaism ( vi, Đạo Cao Đài, Chữ Hán: ) is a monotheistic syncretic new religious movement officially established in the city of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam in 1926. The full name of the religion is (The Great Faith or theThird Un ...

religion, a syncretic Vietnamese faith that includes the teachings of the major world religions. The Cao Đài religion's Holy See, built between 1933 and 1955, is located around to the east of Tây Ninh's city centre. Besides the Cao Đài Holy See, other tourist attractions include: CaoDaiMain

* Black Virgin Mountain, the tallest mountain in southern Vietnam * Dầu Tiếng Lake, one of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. * Lò Gò Xa Mát National Park * Chùa Thiền Lâm or Gò Kén pagoda * Chàng Riệc forest

Notable people

* Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Châu - Miss universe Vietnam 2022 * Nguyễn Văn Nên - Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee

Education

* Hoàng Lê Kha High School for the Gifted * Tây Ninh High School * Lý Thường Kiệt High School * Trần Đại Nghĩa High School * IGC Tay Ninh (escalator school) * Tây Ninh College of Education

History

After the

Fall of Saigon The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon by North Vietnamese or Liberation of the South by the Vietnamese government, and known as Black April by anti-communist overseas Vietnamese was the capture of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, t ...

, the town of Tây Ninh was reorganized to comprise three wards and one commune. In August 2001, the town was expanded to include five wards and five communes. On 29 December 2013, Tây Ninh town was upgraded officially to provincial city status, under administration of Tây Ninh Province, along with the upgrade of its two communes Ninh Sơn and Ninh Thạnh to ward status.

Climate

Administrative division

Tây Ninh city, Vietnam comprises 7 wards ''(phường)'' and 3 communes ''(xã)'': * Ward 1 * Ward 2 * Ward 3 * Ward 4 * Hiệp Ninh Ward * Ninh Sơn Ward * Ninh Thạnh Ward * Bình Minh Commune * Tân Bình Commune * Thạnh Tân Commune The ward is further divided into quarters ''(khu phố).'' Thee commune are further divided into

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

''(ấp)''.

References

External links

* Populated places in Tây Ninh province Districts of Tây Ninh province Provincial capitals in Vietnam Cities in Vietnam {{TayNinh-geo-stub