Tân An in the context of "Tây Ninh"

Tây Ninh (listen) is a formerly provincial city in Southeastern Vietnam. The new provincial capital is located in Long An Ward, Tây Ninh Province (formerly as Tân An City, Long An Province). Tây Ninh is one of nine provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Region (Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area). Tây Ninh is approximately 90 km (55 miles) northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam, and 182 km (113 miles) to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia; all by National Route 22. As of 2019, the city had a population of 135,254 over the provincial population of 1,169,165 on a total area of 140 km (54 sq mi).