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Capital: | Tak[?] |
Area: | 16,406.6 km² Ranked 4th |
Inhabitants: | 484,356 (2001) Ranked 50nd |
pop. density: | 30 inh./km² Ranked 75th |
ISO 3166-2: | TH-63 |
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Tak (Thai ตาก) is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun[?], Lampang, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani[?] and Kanchanaburi. In the East the district has a long boundary with Myanmar.
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King Taksin was vice-governor of Tak before the Ayutthaya kingdom fell during the war with Burma. As his name was Sin, he became called Tak-Sin during his duty in Tak.
The seal of the province show King Naresuan[?] on the royal elephant. Sometimes below the elephant a garuda is depicted, as the garuda is the state symbol of Thailand. King Naresuan is shown pouring consecrated water on the ground, a symbolic act to declare independence. This refers to the war of 1584 with Burma, when Tak was the first border town to be liberated from Burmese control. The provincial tree is the Asian Jatoba (Xylia kerrii[?]), the provincial flower the Orchid tree (Bauhinia sp.[?]). |
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