Buketa

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Buketa
Buketa (Thailand)
Buketa
Buketa
Location in Thailand
Coordinates: 5°50′36″N 101°52′53″E / 5.84333, 101.88139
Country Thailand
Province Narathiwat
District Amphoe Waeng
Population (2006)
 - Total 4,006


Buketa (Thai: บูเก๊ะตา) is a township (thesaban tambon) in Waeng district, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It covers an area of 7.04 km² and as of 2006 has a population of 4,006. The township lies west of the Kolok River.

[edit] History

The township was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) on [1]. Like all sanitary districts it was upgraded to a township in 1999.[2]

[edit] Traffic

A crossing on the Malaysia-Thailand border to the neighboring Malaysian town of Bukit Bunga in Kelantan state was opened in December 2007,[3] crossing the Kolok river with the Bukit Bunga-Ban Buketa Bridge.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลบูเก๊ะตา อำเภอแว้ง จังหวัดนราธิวาส" (in Thai) (October 29 1993). Royal Gazette 110 (175 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 19-20. 
  2. ^ "พระราชบัญญัติเปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะของสุขาภิบาลเป็นเทศบาล พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒" (in Thai) (February 24 1999). Royal Gazette 116 (9 ก): 1-4. 
  3. ^ Official Website for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

Coordinates: 5.843304° N 101.88136° E

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