Buketa

Buketa
บูเก๊ะตา
Buketa
Location in Thailand
Coordinates:
Country Thailand
Province Narathiwat
District Amphoe Waeng
Population (2007)
 • Total 4,079

Buketa (Thai: บูเก๊ะตา) is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in Waeng district, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It covers an area of 7.04 km2 (2.72 sq mi) of the subdistrict Lochut, and as of 2007 has a population of 4,079.[1] The municipality lies west of the Kolok River.

History

The municipality was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) in 1993.[2] Like all sanitary districts it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality in 1999.[3]

Traffic

A crossing on the Malaysia-Thailand border to the neighboring Malaysian town of Bukit Bunga in Kelantan state was opened in December 2007,[4] crossing the Kolok River with the Bukit Bunga-Ban Buketa Bridge.

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics, 2007". Department of Provincial Administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5096_04.html. 
  2. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลบูเก๊ะตา อำเภอแว้ง จังหวัดนราธิวาส" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 110 (175 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 19–20. 1993-10-29. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2536/D/175/19.PDF. 
  3. ^ "พระราชบัญญัติเปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะของสุขาภิบาลเป็นเทศบาล พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 116 (9 ก): 1–4. 1999-02-24. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2542/A/009/1.PDF. 
  4. ^ "Working visit of the prime minister of Thailand to Malaysia in conjunction with the official opening of the bridge across Golok river linking Bukit Bunga, Tanah Merah, Kelantan and Ban Buketa, Waeng district, Narathiwat on 21 December 2007". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia. 2007-12-19. http://www.kln.gov.my/?m_id=15&hid=564.