Amphoe Tak Bai

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Tak Bai
ตากใบ
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Province: Narathiwat
District office: Chehe
6°15′32″N, 102°3′18″E
Area: 253.45 km²
Inhabitants: 65,264 (2007)
Pop. density: 257.5 inh./km²
Geocode: 9602
Postal code: 96110
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Map of Narathiwat, Thailand highlighting Tak Bai

Tak Bai (Thai: ตากใบ) is a district (Amphoe) in the southeastern part of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand.

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[edit] History

When the United Kingdom and Siam (Thailand) made the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, they agreed to use the Golok river (Sungai Golok) 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 created on August 12, 1909.[1]

On October 25, 2004 at least 85 demonstrators 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 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 55 villages (muban). Tak Bai itself has town (thesaban mueang) status and covers parts of tambon Che He. There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Inh.
1. Chehe เจ๊ะเห 18,607
2. Phrai Wan ไพรวัน 8,610
3. Phron พร่อน 4,469
4. Sala Mai ศาลาใหม่ 8,546
5. Bang Khun Thong บางขุนทอง 5,025
6. Ko Sathon เกาะสะท้อน 8,965
7. Na Nak นานาค 4,516
8. Kho Sit โฆษิต 6,526

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย ประกาศตั้งอำเภอสะเดาและอำเภอตากใบ" (in Thai) (August 22 1909). Royal Gazette 26 (0 ง): 1107. 

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