Geographical position compared with the district’s center:

Xuan Tay commune is located in the east of Cam My district’s center and is 20 km from the district’s center and has a total area of ​​5,298.71 ha.

Natural land area: 

Xuan Tay’s natural land area is 5,298.71 ha, accounting for 11.3% of the district’s total land area.

Xuan Tay borders on Xuan Bao commune, Cam My district, Dong Nai province to the north.

Xuan Tay borders on Song Ray commune, Cam My district, Dong Nai province to the south.

Xuan Tay borders on Xuan My and Bao Binh communes, Cam My district, Dong Nai province to the west.

Xuan Tay borders on Xuan Dong commune, Cam My district, Dong Nai province to the east.

Administrative units:

Xuan Tay commune is divided into 12 hamlets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Terrain:

The commune’s terrain is relatively flat.

Average slope: 0-3 degrees

Relative altitude: 3-8 degrees

Absolute altitude: 15 degrees

Climate:

The commune is located in a tropical climate with two seasons.

The rainy season is from May to November.

The average temperature is 25.4 Celsius degrees.

Rainfall is 1,956 – 2,139 mm/year

Humidity: 83%

Average temperature: 28 Celsius degrees.

Highest temperature: 35 Celsius degrees.

Lowest temperature: 25.4 Celsius degrees.

History and culture:

Time of establishment: 1986

Xuan Tay commune was officially established on May 14, 1986 according to the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and on the basis of splitting the land area of ​​Song Ray plantation for the establishment of two new economic communes: Xuan Dong and Xuan Tay. According to the remaining historical documents, the land of Xuan Tay has a long history according to “The Study of Geography of the Nguyen Dynasty” by historian and researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau, which was published in 1994; “Gia Dinh Thanh Comprehensive Encyclopedia” by Trinh Hoai Duc; and “Dai Nam Comprehensive Encyclopedia”. Based on many other historical materials, from the 14th to 16th centuries to before 1698, the land of Dong Nai witnessed many immigration times of Vietnamese residents (the Kinh people) to explore and build villages and hamlets to live together with local ethnic people like Cho-ro, S'Tieng and Khmer. Then, the land of Xuan Tay belonged to Chu Huong land, where many ethnic minority groups settled.

From 1698 to 1838, the today’s Xuan Tay land belonged to Thoai Huong commune, An Vien, Long Khanh district, Phuoc Tuy prefecture, Bien Hoa province. Thoai Huong commune is specifically described in the book of “Research on the Nguyen Dynasty’s Geography” as follows: Thoai Huong commune, which was formerly known as Chu Huong land. The land register was made in 1849; Xuan Tay bordered on Cam My commune with Nhac canal as the boundary and Cau My village (Long Xuong) with Dong mountain as the boundary to the east; Xuan Tay bordered on La Minh village with Ta Nang canal as the boundary to the west; Xuan Tay bordered on Cam My commune with Nhac canal as the boundary and Thoi Giao village (Long Co) with Can Tang canal as the boundary to the south; Xuan Tay bordered on La Minh village with Tra Khi canal as the boundary and La Phu commune (Long Xuong) to the north. The commune’s cultivation land for growing potatoes and beans on the area of 2,000 acres.

Xuan Tay’s land and people have been specifically recorded in historical materials. Through each historical period, Xuan Tay has different names, from villages and communes like Xu Chu Huong to Thoai Huong commune or village. After the country was completely liberated on April 30, 1975, Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee established Song Ray state-owned plantation. On October 14, 1976, Song Ray state-owned plantation was officially established. On February 22, 1985, the People’s Committee of Dong Nai province issued Decision no. 1670/QD-UBT on the allocation of 5,954 ha of natural land of the provincial state-owned company to Xuan Loc district for management. On May 14, 1986, the Council of Ministers issued Decision no. 59-HDBT to officially establish Xuan Tay commune in Xuan Loc district, Dong Nai province. Accordingly, Xuan Tay commune has 4 areas: I, II, III, and IV and a natural area of ​​2,786 ha with 3,301 people. Particularly, people are mainly the Kinh and ethnic minorities are Thai, Khmer, Tay, Nung, and Chinese Vietnamese people.

In the period of implementing the renovation policy initiated and led by the Party, the Party Committee and the people of Xuan Tay commune continued to promote their revolutionary traditions, unite to successfully implement the resolutions the Party Congress of the district and the communes has proposed and effectively carried out the Party’s guidelines, policies and resolutions on socio-economic development to obtain important achievements. The economy has continued to grow well, the agriculture develops comprehensively towards a commodity production, diversification and enhancement of economic value, and gradual construction of infrastructure; culture and society have made a lot of progress; people’s and ethnic minority groups’ materialistic and spiritual life has stabilized and seen improvement in various aspects; political security has been maintained, and social order and safety have been ensured; local military and national defense tasks have been successfully completed; the political system has continued to be strengthened and improved; local administrative reform tasks have been paid attention to and strictly implemented by the Party Committee and Xuan Tay commune’s authorities.

In 2015, Xuan Tay commune was recognized as either of the units to be ranked excellent among 13 communal level units in terms of the announcement of the administrative reform index in by the People’s Committee of Cam My district. In 2017, Xuan Tay was recognized as a commune meeting new countryside standards, and between 2017 and 2018, the People’s Committee of Dong Nai province awarded the emulation flag of an excellent labor collective to the commune. The commune’s Party Committee has been recognized as a clean and strong Party Committee for many years. In 2018, the district’s People’s Committee awarded a certificate of merit for the commune’s excellent completion of tasks.

The commune’s historical sites: no

The victories that the commune’s people have made: no

Population:

Total population: 20,132 people

Total number of households: 4,172.

Ethnic minority groups: 934 households, 2,665 people, and Chinese Vietnamese accounts for 88.85% of total ethnic minority groups.

Religions: there are 3 main religions: Buddhism, Catholicism and Protestantism. The total number of religious followers accounts for about 11% with Buddhism accounting for 7%, Catholicism accounting for 3%, and Protestantism accounting for about 1%.

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