Tak Bai
| Tak Bai ตากใบ | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Tak Bai Location in Thailand | |
| Coordinates: 6°15′33″N 102°3′11″E / 6.25917°N 102.05306°E | |
| Country |
 Thailand |
| Province | Narathiwat |
| District | Tak Bai |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 17,317 |
Tak Bai (Thai: ตากใบ) is a border town on Malaysia-Thailand Border, the capital of Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province. Visitors can visit Malaysia by Pengkalan Kubur pass, Kelantan state.
Administratively it is a town (thesaban mueang), and covers 9.14 km² of the subdistrict (tambon) Che He. As of 2007 it has a population of 17,317.[1]
It is the location of the Tak Bai Incident, in which on October 25, 2004 at least 85 demonstrators died.
History
The town was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) in 1956.[2] Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in May 1999. On January 31, 2008 it was upgraded to a town (thesaban mueang).[3]
References
- ↑ "Population statistics 2007". Department of Provincial administration.
- ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลตากใบ อำเภอตากใบ จังหวัดนราธิวาส (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 73 (75 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 92–93. September 20, 1956.
- ↑ "รายงานการประชุม คณะกรรมการพิจารณาร่างกฎหมายของกระทรวงมหาดไทย คณะที่ 2 ครั้งที่ 51/2550". Ministry of Interior. 2007-11-22.
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Coordinates: 6°15′33″N 102°03′11″E / 6.25917°N 102.05306°E