page_title: Tây Ninh
section_title: Administrative division
hierarchical_section_title: Tây Ninh / Administrative division
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Army heliport, Tay Ninh, 1971
context_page_description: 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 90 km 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.
  The city is most famous for being the home of the Cao Đài religion, an indigenous 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 and Dầu Tiếng Lake, one of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
  In The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Tây Ninh is referred to as "Tanyin."
context_section_description: 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) and the commune into hamlets (ấp).
caption: U.S. Army heliport, Tây Ninh, 1971
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