Buke Ta
บูเก๊ะตา | |
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Coordinates: 5°50′36″N 101°52′53″E / 5.84333°N 101.88139°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.
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]
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.
5°50′36″N 101°52′53″E / 5.843304°N 101.88136°E