Amphoe Tak Bai
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| Province: | Narathiwat |
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| Area: | 253.45 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 64,159 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 253.1 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 9602 |
| Postal code: | 96110 |
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Tak Bai (Thai: ตากใบ) is a district (Amphoe) in the southeastern part of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.
[edit] History
When the United Kingdom and Siam(Thailand) made the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, they agreed to use the Kolok river (Sungai Kolok) nearby Wat Chonthara Singhe (วัดชลธาราสิงเห) as the boundary between British Malaya and Siam due to the culture and arts inside the temple.
The district was officially upgraded to be Tak Bai district on August 12th, 1910.
On October 25 2004 at least 85 demonstraters died after a brutal police action in the so called Tak Bai Incident.
[edit] Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Su-ngai Kolok, Su-ngai Padi, Cho-airong, Mueang Narathiwat of Narathiwat province, the Gulf of Thailand. To the southeast is the state Kelantan of Malaysia.
The boundary crossing is at Pengkalan Kubur (Malaysia) and Taba (Thailand).
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 8 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 55 villages (muban). Tak Bai itself has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers parts of tambon Che He. There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Che He | เจ๊ะเห | 8 | 18189 | |
| 2. | Phrai Wan | ไพรวัน | 10 | 8500 | |
| 3. | Phron | พร่อน | 6 | 4533 | |
| 4. | Sala Mai | ศาลาใหม่ | 7 | 8372 | |
| 5. | Bang Khun Thong | บางขุนทอง | 6 | 4910 | |
| 6. | Ko Sathon | เกาะสะท้อน | 9 | 8750 | |
| 7. | Na Nak | นานาค | 4 | 4499 | |
| 8. | Kho Sit | โฆษิต | 5 | 6406 |
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Mueang Narathiwat - Tak Bai - Bacho - Yi-ngo - Ra-ngae - Rueso - Si Sakhon - Waeng - Sukhirin - Su-ngai Kolok - Su-ngai Padi - Chanae - Cho-airong |
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