Tak province

Tak
ตาก
Flag of Tak
Official seal of Tak
Motto(s): 
ธรรมชาติน่ายล ภูมิพลเขื่อนใหญ่ พระเจ้าตากเกรียงไกร เมืองไม้และป่างาม
("Nature worth seeing. The massive Bhumibol Dam. Brave King Taksin. The city of beautiful woods and forests.")
Map of Thailand highlighting Tak province
Map of Thailand highlighting Tak province
CountryThailand
RegionLower northern
CapitalTak
Largest CityMae Sot
Government
 • GovernorVacant
Area
 • Total
17,303 km2 (6,681 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 4th
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • Total
665,620
 • RankRanked 39th
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
  • RankRanked 76th
Human Achievement Index
 • HAI (2022)0.6229 "low"
Ranked 65th
GDP
 • Totalbaht 48 billion
(US$1.7 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
63xxx
Calling code055
ISO 3166 codeTH-63
Websitewww.tak.go.th

Tak (Thai: ตาก, pronounced [tàːk]) is one of Thailand's seventy-seven provinces (changwat) and lies in lower northern Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi. The western edge of the province has a long boundary with Kayin State of Myanmar (Burma).

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