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
- ^ "Population statistics 2007". Department of Provincial administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5096_05.html.
- ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลตากใบ อำเภอตากใบ จังหวัดนราธิวาส" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 73 (75 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 92–93. September 20, 1956. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2499/D/075/92.PDF.
- ^ "รายงานการประชุม คณะกรรมการพิจารณาร่างกฎหมายของกระทรวงมหาดไทย คณะที่ 2 ครั้งที่ 51/2550". Ministry of Interior. 2007-11-22. http://www.law.moi.go.th/2550/22550112251c.doc.
[edit] External links
- http://www.tbtakbai.go.th/ Website of town (Thai)
Coordinates: 6°15′33″N 102°03′11″E / 6.25917°N 102.05306°E
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