Dương Minh Châu is a rual district

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 (huyện) of Tay Ninh province in the Southeastern

Dong Nam Bo

Đông Nam Bộ is a region in Vietnam. This region includes one municipality, Ho Chi Minh City; and five provinces: Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh. This region is the most economically developed region in Vietnam...

 region of Vietnam

Vietnam

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. As of 2003 the district had a population of 99,230. The district covers an area of 407 km². The district capital lies at Duong Minh Chau

Duong Minh Chau

Dương Minh Châu is a rual district of Tay Ninh province in the Southeastern region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 99,230. The district covers an area of 407 km². The district capital lies at Duong Minh Chau. It is the third largest district in the province after Tan Bien...

. It is the third largest district in the province after Tan Bien

Tan Bien

Tan Bien is a district of Tay Ninh Province in the Southeastern region of Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 82,641. The district covers an area of 853 km². The district capital lies at Tan Bien...

 and Tan Chau

Tan Chau

Tan Chau can refer to*Tan Chau, Tay Ninh, a district in Tay Ninh Province*Tan Chau, An Giang, a district in An Giang Province...

. The majority of the population are ethnic Vietnamese.

The district is bordered to the west by Tay Ninh City, to the north by Tan Chau

Tan Chau, Tay Ninh

Tân Châu is a rural district in the northern part of Tay Ninh province in the Southeastern region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 106,264. The district covers an area of 1,099 km². The district capital lies at Tan Chau. It is the largest district in the province,...

, to the south by Go Dau

Go Dau

Go Dau is a district of the Tay Ninh Province, Dong Nam Bo, Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 140,661. The district covers an area of 251 km². The district capital lies at Go Dau. -References:...

 and to the east by the provinces of Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc.

A tourist attraction in the area is the Dầu Tiếng Lake, an artificial body of water. It is the largest freshwater lake in the country and was built in the 1980s. It lies on the border of the district with Tan Chau, Binh Phuoc and Binh Duong, with most of the area being in Duong Minh Chau.

Communes

Apart from the district seat of the same name, the district comprises the followign communes.

• Bàu Năng
• Phước Minh
• Phước Ninh
• Chà Là
• Truông Mít
• Cầu Khởi
• Phan
• Suối Đá
• Lộc Ninh
• Bến Củi