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  Tak Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The province is subdivided in 8 districts (Amphoe) and one minor district (King Amphoe).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tak_Province   (328 words)

  
 Nakhon Sawan Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nakhon Sawan (Thai นครสวรรค์) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
Neighboring Provinces are (from north clockwise) Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phetchabun, Lop Buri, Sing Buri, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani and Tak.
The province is subdivided in 13 districts (Amphoe) and 2 minor districts (King Amphoe).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nakhon_Sawan_province   (189 words)

  
 Umphang Hill Adventure page 31 : New area good for trekking,rafting,elephant ridding in northern of Thailand
Umphang, a district of Tak province, is locateed on the western border of Thailand and Myanmar.
Umphang district is the largest of a districts in Tak province that is locateed on the lifeside of the Mae Klong river.
In the south-west of the province approximately 243 kms.
www.umphanghill.com /page31.html   (2267 words)

  
 Thailand - Tak Province Hotel Restaurant Shopping Guesthouse Transport
Tak is the important province near the Burma area which the Thais and Burmese shall trade the convenient products and handicraft products together at the border part of Thailand.
The travelers can hire the taxi from capital city of Tak to Umphang which we are not comment you to drive the motorcycle to this place by yourself.
The attraction of Mei River is start Mae Sot, Tak province and floating up to Mae Hong Son Province until merge with the Salawin River at Burmer.
www.thailandday.com /Northernthailand/Tak.htm   (1071 words)

  
 Tak Hotel - Discount Hotels in Tak Thailand
Tak may not be the hot spot for tourism, though it endows also outstanding pockets to explore.
Tak is famous for its teak wood products and teak-wooden structures dotting the city as well as its forested mountains and dense jungle which offer unspoiled natural attractions for nature lovers.
Mae Sot, in Tak Province, is nestled in the cool northern mountains along the Thai-Myanmar border.
www.asia-discovery.com /Thailand/tak-hotels   (189 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kwang-Tung
This prefecture comprises the whole province of that name except the civil prefecture of Shin-hing, the three districts of Heung-shan, Yan-ping, and Yeung-tsun, which belong to the Diocese of Macao, and the three districts of San-on, Kwei-shin, and Hoi-fung, which belong to the Vicariate Apostolic of Hong-Kong.
Francis Xavier was the first missionary who attempted to penetrate the province of Kwang-tung (1552), but he died in the Island of Shang-sch'wan (St. John's Island), south-west of Macao, before he was able to preach Christianity there.
In 1875 the Province of Kwang-si was separated from the Mission of Kwang-tung, while the island of Hai-nan and the district of Heung-shan was ceded to the Diocese of Macao.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08712b.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Arakan League For Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
TAK, Jan 31 (TNA) - Authorities in the northwestern province of Tak have expressed optimism that the first phase of a cross-border road link to Myanmar will be complete before the coming rainy season.
Tak Deputy Governor Cherdsak Choosri said yesterday that the province would host the regional-level gathering on 3 February.
Despite widespread opposition, the second one also appears to be possible, as it will be a new short-cut land route between the two neighbouring countries and benefit both sides," the deputy provincial governor said.
www.aldexile.org /news/hope_high.html   (195 words)

  
 Tak Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Most of the province is forested, with mountainous regions that are excellent for trekking.
The region is the centre of the smuggling industry, where all sorts of illicit dealings have been going on, especially teak and opium brought over the border from Burma.
The city of Tak is situated on the eastern banks of the Ping River.
www.traveller2000.com /province/tak   (269 words)

  
 Tak Province in Northern Thailand
Tak is a northern province covering an area of 6,406 largely mountainous square kilometres.
The provincial capital is 426 kilometres north of Bangkok, and is situated on the Ping river basin.
Tak residents pay homage throughout the year, most particularly during Songkran, which marks the traditional Thai New Year each April 13.
www.thaistudents.com /guidebook/provinces/tak.html   (1340 words)

  
 Un title page
The Tak province is called "The Dwelling of the Emerald Treasure"because of Tjung of Thung Yai Naresuan and Um Phang, which are considered to be the finest waterfalls in all of Thailand and possibly Asia.
The east consists of the Muang Tak, Ban Tak, Sam Mgao and Wang Chao districts.
Mae Spt os known as the heart of transportation and commerce of this province A round trip from Bangkok to Mae Sot is available eberyday.
www.geocities.com /oranoot_saysawat/takeng.htm   (562 words)

  
 Forestry Conservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tak provincial governor Suwat Tanprawat admitted on Tuesday that more than 30,000 rai of forest land in conserved areas of the northern province had been encroached on over the past decade.
Forest authorities in Tak province plan to open the eastern part of the Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary to relieve visitor congestion and protect the nearby Umphang wildlife sanctuary.
Voravit Chuesuwan, director of Forest Conservation Office 14 in Tak, said the number of visitors to the Thi Lo Su waterfall in the Umphang sanctuary was increasing every year, from a few thousand a decade ago, to 36,400 in 2003 and 61,499 last year.
www.warthai.org /education/forestyconsrv.htm   (9611 words)

  
 About Umphang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
a district of Tak province is located on the western border of Thailand.
Umphang District is the largest of 8 districts in Tak province that is located on the leftside of the Mae Klong River, in the southwest of the province approximately 249 kilometres from Tak.
The north connects to Phopphra District, Tak province; the south adjoins Sangkhlaburi and Sri Sawat Districts, Kanchanaburi province; the east connexts to Khlong Lan and khlong Khlung Districts, kamphaeng :het province as well as latyang District, nakhon Sawan province, and Ban Rai District, Uthai Thani province; the west is part of the border with Myanmar.
www.thai.to /tourumphang/about_umphang.htm   (914 words)

  
 Un title page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tak is the central province for development of Northern Thailand, also being the communication center of the North having an Asian Highway passing through Myanma-Thai border into Thailand at Amphoe Mae Sot, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok towards Northeastern Thailand entering Laos at Chong Mek pass of Ubon Ratchathani.
This hill is regarded a famous tourist attraction of Changwat Tak, located at Tambon Mai Ngam, Amphoe Muang and accessible via a 300 meter road branching off Phahonyothin Road to the hill.
There are yet several ruins of town and monasteries in the area especially on top of a hill nearby Wat Phrathat, a pagoda of Phum Khao Binth design is situated.
www.bantan.ac.th /Physicals/sci17/www.pccpl.ac.th/studhopa/eng3.html   (775 words)

  
 Tak and Mae Sot : Introduction | Frommers.com
Tak: 426km (265 miles) NW of Bangkok; 138km (86 miles) W of Phitsanulok.
Few travelers visit out-of-the-way Tak Province, and the tourists you'll meet up this way are commonly of the heartier variety or on a humanitarian mission to work with Burmese refugees.
Tak province is known to Thais for the Bhumipol Dam, the country's largest, and for having the hottest weather in Thailand.
www.frommers.com /destinations/takandmaesot/3015010001.html   (268 words)

  
 Bangkok's Independent Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tak's representatives have been in opposition party and that's why Tak is not prosperous city.
So chose TRT because we will be government and that we can help improving Tak province.
Sure you can improve Tak province without having your representative in Tak if you really care to do the best for our beloved country while you were in power in the last 4 years.
www.nationmultimedia.com /board/thaipol/view.php3?id=308&offset=0   (184 words)

  
 welcome to the home page of Chiangmai Flying Club
Amid the band from a local high-school and speeches, Khun Apichai - the Piper Arrow pilot and the director of CMFC presented the bouquet of flower to Khun Naret, the founder of Tak Flying club, as a token of camaraderie among general aviation clubs in the region.
Perhaps the most important public contribution that GA has more than any type of aviation is that it can demonstrate to kids and kids-at-heart that flying is not out of their reach.
Like that day at Tak airport, common folks saw first hand how flying machines are flown by dentists, teachers, office workers, etc. Not all of them are millionaires, nor all of them have all the time in the world.
www.cmflyingclub.com /newspage4.html   (2309 words)

  
 Temples in Western Thailand
While we drove through the province of Tak, we really only stopped at one important temple.
Another trip was planned for Feburary 2003 but there were too many temples to see in and around Nakhon Sawan, so we never made it over to the western province of Tak.
I was very pleased with the trip to those provinces on the border with Myanmar because there were many temples, specially in the city of Phetchaburi, but also because it had many scenic or photogenic temples to offer.
www.chimburi.com /thaiwest.htm   (482 words)

  
 Thailand: 295 workers strike Nasawat Apparel factory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Nasawat Apparel factory in Mae Sot in the Tak province has a reputation for slave-like working conditions.
On the afternoon of December 11, one of the workers noticed that the employer was holding a meeting with representatives of the LPO, a local lawyer, and other factory owners from the Tak federation of Industries.
At 4.00 p.m., the employer called the 25 workers leaders to his office to pay them according to the agreement, but explained that he would only follow the agreement for those leaders present and not the rest of the workforce.
www.wsws.org /articles/2003/dec2003/thai-d17_prn.shtml   (792 words)

  
 Outbreak Report - Typhoid fever in Tak Province, northern Thailand (Text version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
During October - November 1999, a cluster of typhoid fever was detected in Tak province.
All cases came from Sor-O, a Karen-Thai village near Thai-Myanmar border, Poppra district, Tak province.
The suspected source of outbreak was a spring well in the village.
epid.moph.go.th /mbds/outbreak_typhoid_t.html   (206 words)

  
 Korea to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
Each of the eight provinces was under a governor, but the county magistrates governed the people directly, collected taxes, and mobilized corvée labor.
The Ch'ungch'ong province fell to the rebels as they argued that Yongjo was not the legitimate ruler.
The royal army defeated the rebels in Kyonggi province; leaders were arrested in Cholla; and by May 1728 the last rebel stronghold in the Kyongsang province was taken.
www.san.beck.org /3-10-Koreato1875.html   (16754 words)

  
 Prepare for a white water rafting - Umphang
Prepare for a white water rafting along the Mae Klong river in Umphang district, Tak province of Thailand.
Tak is located in the central western part of Thailand, bordering with Myanmar to the West.
The road from Umphang town to the starting point at Mae Klong river is rough, and it is advised to use 4x4 cars.
trekthailand.8k.com /umphang_1   (145 words)

  
 Tourism Authority of Thailand News Room - Event Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (usually in mid-November) lights up the night sky, throughout the Thai kingdom, hundreds of thousands of ornately-decorated krathong or traditional banana leaf floats are set adrift in rivers and waterways in a spell-binding ritual called "Loi Krathong" - the 'festival of lights".
Loi Krathong customs and traditions reflect local beliefs and cultural evolution and interesting regional variations can be seen.
In Tak province, the banana-leaf floats are replaced by coconut shells which are threaded together and launched simultaneously so they appear as long chains of hundreds of glittering lights on the Ping River, hence the origin of its name, "Loi Krathong Sai".
www.tatnews.org /event_calendar/detail.asp?id=1750   (559 words)

  
 Road Map to Ramkhamhaeng National Park
Visit to the Ramkhamhaeng national park should be combined with a tour to the ancient "Sukothai" historical park nearby.
Also there are many eco tourist sites in the Tak province.
Ti Lo Su is located in Umphang district of Tak province.
trekthailand.8k.com /ramkhamhaeng_map1   (132 words)

  
 Thailand Festival Guide ::At-Bangkok:: Hotels, Resorts, Accommodation, Restaurants, Events in Bangkok, Travel Related ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Welcome the first sunrise of the land in the New Year's season in Ubon Ratchathani, the furthest east province of Thailand, on December 1, 2003 – January 31, 2004.
Sankampaeng, a district in Chiang Mai, will set up the project of ‘Sankampaeng: Land of arts and craftsmanship' on every Saturday beginning from December 20, 2003 to February 21, 2004 along the street in front of Sankampaeng District Office and the adjacent market.
Famous for its rolling landscape of mountains, Chiang Rai Province is populated with several ethnic and tribal groups of hilltribe people.
www.at-bangkok.com /calendar2004.htm   (624 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its area of responsible includes 7 districts of Mae Hong Son Province and 5 districts of Tak Province.
Its border defense mission is emphasized on the border consolidation, which comprises 3 functional tasks, namely – the border surveillance and defense, the border area organization and the strengthening of close relation with neighboring countries.
The Royal Thai Army Disaster Relief in many units are still helping flood victims in transportation, rations, survival kits, medic team, restorations of public properties as well as keeping residents in the area up to date with their current situation.
armysecretary.rta.mi.th /articlesE.htm   (11844 words)

  
 Tak - Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams for Xbox - Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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www.webinfousa.com /?q=tak   (213 words)

  
 Umphang forest map - Tak province - Thailand
Umphang district is located in the southern tip of Tak province.
This river and Kha Khaeng river in Uthai Thani province flow into Si Nakharin dam lake in Kanchanaburi province.
The lower parts are in Thungyai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary, and a small portion bordering Uthai Thani province is in Huay Kha Khaeng wildlife sanctuary.
www.trekthailand.net /places/5   (1004 words)

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