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
Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system.
The mu ...
''), and covers 9.14 km
2 of the subdistrict (''
tambon'') Che He. As of 2007 it has a population of 17,317.
It is the location of the
Tak Bai Incident of 25 October 2004 in which at least 85 demonstrators died.
History
During the 19th century it was known as ''Tabal'', part of the state of
Kelantan, then an autonomous tributary state of
Siam. Under the
1909 Anglo-Siamese Treaty the
Golok River was made the new border and thus Tabal was reassigned to
Narathiwat Province.
The town was created as a sanitary district (''
sukhaphiban Sukhaphiban ( th, สุขาภิบาล ; translated as "sanitary district") were administrative divisions of Thailand.
Sanitary districts were the first sub-autonomous entities established in Thailand. A first such district was created in ...
'') in 1956. Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality (''
thesaban tambon'') in May 1999. On 31 January 2008 it was upgraded to a town (''
thesaban mueang
Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system.
The mu ...
'').
References
External links
Website of the town (Thai)
Populated places in Narathiwat province
Malaysia–Thailand border crossings
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