Place:Tay Ninh, Vietnam

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NameTay Ninh
Alt namesTay Ninhsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 692-693
Tây Ninhsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Tây Ninhsource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates11.333°N 106.167°E
Located inVietnam
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Tay Ninh
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Tây Ninh is a province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, with the capital at the town of Tây Ninh.

Tây Ninh province locates between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh, in Southern Key Economic Zone. Tây Ninh City is 99 km away from Ho Chi Minh City following National Route 22 and 40 km away from the border with Cambodia to the northwest.

Followers of the Cao Dai, who dominate the area, have built a Holy See in Tây Ninh. The region also has concentrations of the Hòa Hảo, a rival Buddhist sect. The area is noted for its large rubber and sugar plantations; rice and coconuts are also harvested.

The province has a population of 1,169,165 (in 2019) and an area of 4,041.4 km².

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