Buke Ta

Buke Ta บูเก๊ะตา
Buke Ta Location in Thailand
Coordinates: 5°50′36″N 101°52′53″E
Country	Thailand
Province	Narathiwat
District	Amphoe Waeng
Population  (2007)
• Total	4,079

Buke Ta (Thai: บูเก๊ะตา, pronounced [būː.kéʔ tāː]; Malay: Bukit Tar) is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in Waeng district, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. It covers an area of 7.04 km² (2.72 sq mi) of the subdistrict Lochut, and as of 2007 has a population of 4,079.^[1] The municipality lies west of the Kolok River.

History

The municipality was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) in 1993.^[2] Like all sanitary districts it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality in 1999.^[3]

Traffic

A crossing on the Malaysia-Thailand border to the neighboring Malaysian town of Bukit Bunga in Kelantan state was opened in December 2007,^[4] crossing the Kolok River with the Bukit Bunga–Ban Buketa Bridge.

References

1. "Population statistics, 2007". Department of Provincial Administration. Archived from the original on 2008-03-24.
2. ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลบูเก๊ะตา อำเภอแว้ง จังหวัดนราธิวาส (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 110 (175 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 19–20. 1993-10-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2012.
3. พระราชบัญญัติเปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะของสุขาภิบาลเป็นเทศบาล พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 116 (9 ก): 1–4. 1999-02-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008.
4. "Working visit of the prime minister of Thailand to Malaysia in conjunction with the official opening of the bridge across Golok river linking Bukit Bunga, Tanah Merah, Kelantan and Ban Buke Ta, Waeng district, Narathiwat on 21 December 2007". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia. 2007-12-19.

5.843304°N 101.88136°E / 5.843304; 101.88136