Tak province
Tak
ตาก | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Mottoes: 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 | |
| Coordinates: 16°53′2″N 99°7′30″E / 16.88389°N 99.12500°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Capital | Tak |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Chucheep Pongchai |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,303 km2 (6,681 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 4th |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 698,597 |
| • Rank | 39th |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 75th |
| Human Achievement Index | |
| • HAI (2022) | 0.6229 "low" Ranked 65th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | baht 48 billion (US$1.7 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 63xxx |
| Calling code | 055 |
| ISO 3166 code | TH-63 |
| Website | tak |
Tak Provincial Administrative Organization
องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดตาก | |
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Interactive map of Tak Provincial Administrative Organization | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local administrative divisions |
| • Body | Tak Provincial Administrative Organization |
| • President | Atchara Thaweekueakulkit |
| Website | takpao |
Tak (Thai: ตาก, pronounced [tàːk]) is one of Thailand's seventy-seven provinces (changwat) and lies in Western 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).