Tak Bai, Thailand
เทศบาลเมืองตากใบ
Tak Bai is a town of 17,241 people in Narathiwat, Thailand.
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About Tak Bai
Tak Bai (Thai: ตากใบ; pronounced [tàːk bāj] Malay: Tabal) is the capital of Tak Bai District, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It is situated on the western bank of the Golok River estuary, which is the natural international boundary between Thailand and Malaysia. Visitors can enter Malaysia via Pengkalan Kubor, Kelantan with a ferry service.
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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) 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).
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Getting there and nearby towns
Narathiwat Airport (NAW) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 45 km away.
- Su-ngai Kolok 27 km south, about 27 min by car
- Ban Su-ngai Pa Di 29 km southwest, about 29 min by car
- Narathiwat 32 km northwest, about 32 min by car
- Ra-ngae 36 km west, about 36 min by car
- Sai Buri 69 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ban I Sing 71 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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