Tak Bai

Coordinates: 6°15′33″N 102°03′11″E / 6.25917°N 102.05306°E / 6.25917; 102.05306
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Tak Bai
ตากใบ
Town
Tak Bai
Population
 (2007)
 • Total17,317

Tak Bai (

international boundary between Thailand and Malaysia. Visitors can enter Malaysia via Pengkalan Kubor, Kelantan with a ferry
service.

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]


Notable incidents

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

Narathiwat Province
. The town was created as a sanitary district (
thesaban mueang).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics 2007". Department of Provincial administration. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  2. ^ "NARATHIWAT DARI SEGI SOSIO-POLITIKO-EKONOMI" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ "TUAN TABAL (M. 1891) DAN SUMBANGANNYA DALAM PERKEMBANGAN ISLAM DI TANAH MELAYU" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลตากใบ อำเภอตากใบ จังหวัดนราธิวาส (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 73 (75 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 92–93. September 20, 1956. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008.
  5. ^ "รายงานการประชุม คณะกรรมการพิจารณาร่างกฎหมายของกระทรวงมหาดไทย คณะที่ 2 ครั้งที่ 51/2550". Ministry of Interior. 2007-11-22. Archived from the original on 2008-09-10.

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