Tak Bai

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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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Population statistics 2007. Department of Provincial administration.
  2. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลตากใบ อำเภอตากใบ จังหวัดนราธิวาส" (in Thai) (September 20 1956). Royal Gazette 73 (75 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 92–93. 
  3. ^ [http://www.law.moi.go.th/2550/22550112251c.doc 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

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