Hòa Thành formally name is Phú Khương is a

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of Tây Ninh Province in the

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region of

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. It is located in the centre of the province. As of 2003, the district had a population of 146,400. The district covers an area of 82 km². The district capital lies at Hòa Thành, which is located on National Route 22B, 8 km southeast of Tây Ninh City. The district is bordered to the north by Tây Ninh City, to the west by

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, to the southeast by Gò Dầu and to the northeast by Dương Minh Châu District.

Communes

The district seat aside there are several communes in Hòa Thành * Hiệp Tân * Long Thành Bắc * Long Thành Trung * Long Thành Nam * Trường Đông * Trường Hòa * Trường Tây The Long Hoa market in the district is a centre of commerce as the district is located on a highway from Ho Chi Minh City to Tây Ninh, which extends into Cambodia and is the main trade route to Phnom Penh and beyond to

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. There is also an ornate

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 ...

temple; this province is the home of this 20th-century religion. The

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celebrations in the district attract 30,000 people on an annual basis and is well known in the region.

References

Districts of Tây Ninh province County-level towns in Vietnam {{TayNinh-geo-stub