Tak Bai

Tak Bai

Tak Bai ( _th. 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. [cite website|url=http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5096_05.html|publisher=Department of Provincial administration|title=Population statistics 2007]

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. [cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=73|issue=75 ง ฉบับพิเศษ|pages=92–93|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลตากใบ อำเภอตากใบ จังหวัดนราธิวาส|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2499/D/075/92.PDF|date=September 20 1956|language=Thai] . 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"). [cite website|url=http://www.law.moi.go.th/2550/22550112251c.doc|title=รายงานการประชุมคณะกรรมการพิจารณาร่างกฎหมายของกระทรวงมหาดไทย คณะที่ 2 ครั้งที่ 51/2550|date=2007-11-22|publisher=Ministry of Interior]

References

External links

*http://www.tbtakbai.com Website of town (Thai)


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