Buke Ta
Place in Narathiwat, Thailand
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Buke Ta (Thai: บูเก๊ะตา, pronounced [būː.kéʔ tāː]; Malay: Bukit Tal) 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.
ThailandBuke Ta
บูเก๊ะตา | |
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  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 |
| Postal code | 96160 |
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.
