Tây Ninh (listen) 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 90 km (55 miles) to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city. As of 2013, the city had a population of 153,537, and a total area of 140 km2 (54 sq mi).[1]
Tây Ninh
Thành phố Tây Ninh | |
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City (Class-3) | |
Tây Ninh City | |
Coordinates: 11°22′4″N 106°07′8″E | |
Country | Vietnam |
Province | Tây Ninh |
Area | |
• Total | 140 km2 (50 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 153,537 |
• Density | 1,096.6/km2 (2,840/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+07 (ICT) |
The city is known for being the home of the Cao Đài 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 5 km to the east of Tây Ninh's city centre.
Besides the Cao Đài Holy See, other tourist attractions include Núi Bà Đen ("Black Virgin Mountain") and Dầu Tiếng Lake, one of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
After the Fall of Saigon, the town of Tây Ninh was reorganized to comprise 3 wards and 1 commune. In August 2001, the town was expanded to include 5 wards and 5 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.[1]
Climate data for Tây Ninh | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 36.2 (97.2) |
36.4 (97.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.9 (103.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.3 (99.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.8 (94.6) |
39.9 (103.8) |
Average high °C (°F) | 32.1 (89.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) |
11 (0.4) |
24 (0.9) |
104 (4.1) |
203 (8.0) |
265 (10.4) |
257 (10.1) |
234 (9.2) |
353 (13.9) |
317 (12.5) |
139 (5.5) |
48 (1.9) |
1,967 (77.4) |
Average rainy days | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 21.6 | 23.6 | 21.9 | 11.6 | 3.8 | 154.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 70.5 | 70.8 | 70.2 | 73.2 | 79.7 | 83.5 | 84.1 | 84.5 | 85.9 | 85.0 | 79.4 | 72.8 | 78.3 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 257 | 244 | 277 | 250 | 238 | 192 | 201 | 186 | 181 | 194 | 215 | 235 | 2,672 |
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[2] |
Tây Ninh city, Vietnam comprises 7 wards (phường) and 3 communes (xã):
The ward is further divided into quarters (khu phố). Thee commune are further divided into hamlets (ấp).
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