Amphoe Mueang Tak

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Mueang Tak
เมืองตาก
Statistics
Province: Tak
District office: 16°52′54″N, 99°7′25″E
Area: 1,599.356 km²
Inhabitants: 99,211 (2000)
Pop. density: 62.0 inh./km²
Geocode: 6301
Postal code: 63000
Map
Map of Tak, Thailand highlighting Mueang Tak

Mueang Tak (Thai: เมืองตาก) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Tak Province, northern Thailand.

In Sukhothai era, Mueang Tak was the western frontier city. The old location of the city was in Tambon Ko Taphao, now Ban Tak district. It was moved because its old location was not strategically good. Another old city name was Ra-haeng.

Mueang Tak district was established in 1886. The first district office was together with the Tak province hall. A new office was established beside Phahonyothin highway in 1956. However 1965 it burned down, thus the government rented the house of Luang San Buranurak as a temporary district office. The new office was finished and opened in 1967.

Ping River,view from Kittikachorn Bridge, Amphoe Mueang Tak
Ping River,view from Kittikachorn Bridge, Amphoe Mueang Tak

Neighboring districts are (south from clockwise): Wang Chao, Phop Phra, Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, Ban Tak of Tak Province, Ban Dan Lan Hoi of Sukhothai Province, Phran Kratai, Kosamphi Nakhon of Kamphaeng Phet Province

The important water resources of the district is the Ping River. There are two national parks in the district: Lan Sang National Park and Taksin Maharat National Park (partly in neighbor Mae Sot).

Lan Sang Waterfall in Lan Sang National Park
Lan Sang Waterfall in Lan Sang National Park

The district is subdivided into 14 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 102 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Tak covers the tambon Rahaeng, Nong Luang, Chiang Ngoen and Hua Diat.

1. Rahaeng ระแหง
2. Nong Luang หนองหลวง
3. Chiang Ngoen เชียงเงิน
4. Hua Diat หัวเดียด
5. Nong Bua Nuea หนองบัวเหนือ
6. Mai Ngam ไม้งาม
7. Pong Daeng โป่งแดง
8. Nam Ruem น้ำรึม
9. Wang Hin วังหิน
11. Mae Tho แม่ท้อ
12. Pa Mamuang ป่ามะม่วง
13. Nong Bua Tai หนองบัวใต้
14. Wang Prachop วังประจบ
15. Taluk Klang Thung ตลุกกลางทุ่ง

Numbers 10, 16 and 17 belong to the tambon which now form Wang Chao district.

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