Mueang Tak district

Mueang Tak เมืองตาก
UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	63000
Geocode	6301

Mueang Tak (

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History

In the

. It was moved because its old location was not strategically good. Another old city name was Ra-haeng.

Mueang Tak district was established in 1886. The first district office was together with the Tak province hall. A new office was established beside

Phahonyothin highway

in 1956. However 1965 it burned down, thus the government rented the house of Luang San Buranurak as a temporary district office. The new office was finished and opened in 1967.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (clockwise from south): Wang Chao, Phop Phra, Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, Ban Tak of Tak Province, Ban Dan Lan Hoi of Sukhothai province, Phran Kratai, Kosamphi Nakhon of Kamphaeng Phet province

The important water resource of the district is the Ping River. There are two national parks in the district: Lan Sang National Park and Taksin Maharat National Park (partly in neighboring Mae Sot).

Administration

The district is divided into 14 sub-districts (

) Mai Ngam the complete same-named tambon. There are a further nine tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Pop.
1.	Rahaeng	ระแหง	6,958
2.	Nong Luang	หนองหลวง	5,896
3.	Chiang Ngoen	เชียงเงิน	3,006
4.	Hua Diat	หัวเดียด	3,644
5.	Nong Bua Nuea	หนองบัวเหนือ	4,652
6.	Mai Ngam	ไม้งาม	9,570
7.	Pong Daeng	โป่งแดง	8,936
8.	Nam Ruem	น้ำรึม	11,688
9.	Wang Hin	วังหิน	9,300
11.	Mae Tho	แม่ท้อ	8,069
12.	Pa Mamuang	ป่ามะม่วง	4,142
13.	Nong Bua Tai	หนองบัวใต้	6,072
14.	Wang Prachop	วังประจบ	12,231
15.	Taluk Klang Thung	ตลุกกลางทุ่ง	4,329

Numbers 10, 16 and 17 belong to the tambon which now form Wang Chao District.

References

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)