Buke Ta

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.

Buke Ta บูเก๊ะตา
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

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.