Tak Bai

Tak Bai
ตากใบ
Town
Tak Bai is located in Thailand
Tak Bai
Tak Bai
Location in Thailand
Coordinates: 6°15′33″N 102°3′11″E / 6.25917°N 102.05306°E / 6.25917; 102.05306
CountryThailand
ProvinceNarathiwat
DistrictTak Bai
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
17,317

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Population statistics 2007". Department of Provincial administration. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.