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26-758: The Bhumibol Dam (named after King Bhumibol Adulyadej , the old name was Yanhee Dam ) is in Khao Kaew Tambon (sub-district), Sam Ngao District of Tak and was built from 1958 to 1964. It stops the river Ping , one of the two sources of the Chao Phraya River. The artificial lake created covers an area of 300 km and is the largest in Thailand. Taksin Maharat National Park , Namtok Pha Charoen National Park , Lan Sang National Park , and Khun Phawo National Parks are all in

52-482: A five-year term but can then apply for reelection. The same is true for the office of kamnan ( กำนัน ) or 'sub-district headman' at the next higher tambon (sub-district) level. Communities ( ชุมชน ) or neighborhoods that are part of a town or city ( thesaban mueang and thesaban nakhon ) have no equivalent to village headmen, but may be organized into community associations having advisory committees. Muban (or more fully muban chat san , หมู่บ้านจัดสรร ),

78-574: A total of five wildlife sanctuaries, four of which are in region 14 (Tak) , but Tham Chao Ram is not in Tak province and Omkoi is in region 16 (Chiang Mai) of Thailand's protected areas. Tak was a historical kingdom built over 2,000 years ago, even before the Sukhothai period . The ancient kingdom had its peak around the 1st century. By the 5th century the capital of this kingdom was moved south to Lavo (present day Lopburi province ). A city named Ban Tak

104-536: Is elected by the population of the village and then appointed by the Ministry of the Interior . The headman has two assistants, one for governmental affairs and one for security affairs. There also may be a village committee with elected members from the village, serving as an advisory body for a village. Originally the village headman, once elected, was in office until reaching retirement age. They now only serve for

130-612: Is Karen. According to the UNHCR data of 2008, nearly 95,000 of Thailand's 121,000 registered refugees from Burma are housed in several refugee camps in Tak province of which Mae La camp is the largest with around 45,000 Karen refugees. The province is divided into nine districts ( amphoes ). These are further divided into 63 subdistricts ( tambons ) and 493 villages ( mubans ). As of 26 November 2019 there are: one Tak Provincial Administration Organisation ( ongkan borihan suan changwat ) and 19 municipal ( thesaban ) areas in

156-483: Is active or "useful" storage. The dam's catchment area is 26,400 km (10,193 sq mi) while its surface area is 300 km (116 sq mi). The Lower Mae Ping Dam is 8 m (26 ft) high, 300 m (984 ft) long and has a storage capacity of 5,000,000 m (4,054 acre⋅ft). In off-peak hours, the one pump-turbine returns water back into the Bhumibol (upper) reservoir and when demand

182-527: Is also known for its Loi Krathong festival where krathong sai (กระทงสาย) consisting of many krathongs are floated in a long line down the river. The Loi Krathong festival is held on the Ping River in Mueang Tak District on Loi Krathong night. Tak is a key communication and transportation centre of the north, with three Asian highways passing through the province. AH1 enters through

208-484: 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 slogan is, "A town of wonderful nature, huge Bhumiphol Dam, King Taksin The Great and beautiful forests". The provincial tree

234-417: Is high, the pump serves as a generator for power production. The power plant contains eight turbines for an installed capacity of 779.2 megawatts (1,044,900 hp). Six are 76.3 megawatts (102,300 hp) Francis-type , one is a 115 megawatts (154,000 hp) Pelton turbine and one is a 175 megawatts (235,000 hp) Francis pump-turbine. The dam's power house underwent upgrades and renovations in

260-472: Is retained as part of the toponym when such a settlement is upgraded—e.g., a household in Ban Dan would be addressed as Ban No.__ Mu No.__, Ban Dan Sub-district, Ban Dan District , Buriram; or #/# T[ ambon ] Ban Dan, A[ mphoe ] Ban Dan, Buriram 31000. Each such mu or group is led by a headman, usually called a village headman or village chief ( Thai : ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน ; RTGS :  phu yai ban ), who

286-796: Is the Asian Jatoba ( Xylia xylocarpa var. kerrii ), and the provincial flower is the Orchid tree ( Bauhinia sp. ). The cyprinid fish Hypsibarbus malcolmi is the provincial aquatic life. There are two main public hospitals in Tak: Somdejphrajaotaksin Maharaj Hospital and Mae Sot Hospital, both operated by the Ministry of Public Health . Agriculture is a major part of the Tak economy. The province of Tak produces rice , corn , vegetables , fruits , beef , tilapia , and other foods. Industries in Tak include granite quarrying and jewelry . Zinc mining

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312-414: Is very small, its average area is about 6.84 km (2.64 sq mi), and its average population is also very small, at only 932 people. Muban may function as one word, in the sense of a hamlet or village, and as such, it may be shortened to ban . Mu ban may also function as two words, i.e., หมู่ 'group' (of) บ้าน 'homes' . Such village names are not part of a household address, unless Ban

338-602: The Yanhi Dam ) is a concrete arch dam on the Ping River , a tributary of the Chao Phraya River , in Sam Ngao District of Tak Province , Thailand . It is about 480 km (298 mi) north of Bangkok and was built for the purposes of water storage, hydroelectric power production, flood control, fisheries and saltwater intrusion management. The dam was named after King Bhumibol Adulyadej and it

364-458: The mean of 25.2 millimetres (0.99 in) and since 1 January had accumulated 245.9 millimetres (9.68 in), 216 millimetres (8.5 in) or 186 percent above normal. The dam is an arch-gravity type and is 154 m (505 ft) tall, 486 m (1,594 ft) long and 8 m (26 ft) wide at its crest. It withholds a reservoir of 13,462,000,000 m (10,913,821 acre⋅ft) of which 9,762,000,000 m (7,914,182 acre⋅ft)

390-501: The 1990s. Muban Muban ( Thai : หมู่บ้าน ; RTGS :  mu ban , pronounced [mùː bâːn] ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand . Usually translated as ' village ' and sometimes as ' hamlet ', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). As of 2008 , there were 74,944 administrative mubans in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons. The average land area of villages in Thailand

416-804: The Myanmar-Thai border at Mae Sot District AH2 passes through the province from north to south. Also AH16 terminates at Tak. Tak province is served by Tak Airport . Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using the Human achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017. 16°53′2″N 99°07′30″E  /  16.88389°N 99.12500°E  / 16.88389; 99.12500 Bhumibol Dam The Bhumibol Dam ( formerly known as

442-686: The basin. Construction on the dam began in 1958 and was finished in 1964 at a cost of 3.5 billion baht . The reservoir was completely filled in 1970. The first two generators were commissioned in 1964. In 1972, the Sirikit Dam was completed on the Nan River , one of two major tributaries of the Chao Phraya including the Ping. The Bhumibol and Sirikit Dams control 22 percent of the Chao Phraya's annual runoff combined. Both dams also help provide for

468-542: The east side of the Ping River during the early Bangkok period . 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 time in Tak. About a quarter of the population belongs to one of Thailand's tribe hill tribes : Yao , Karen ( Thai Kariang ), Akha (Thai Akha ), Lahu (Thai Musoe ), Hmong (Thai Mong ), and Lisu (Thai Lisaw ). The largest tribe in Tak

494-474: The irrigation of 1,200,000 ha (4,633 sq mi) in the wet season and 480,000 ha (1,853 sq mi) in the dry season. In 1991, the Lower Mae Ping Dam ( 17°14′31″N 99°00′58″E  /  17.24194°N 99.01611°E  / 17.24194; 99.01611  ( Lower Mae Ping Dam ) ) was constructed 5 km (3 mi) downstream to create a lower reservoir for

520-520: The main road on the Thai side skirts the border until it turns straight north towards Mae Hong Son . Tak province occupies 17,303 km (6,681 sq mi) and lies 426 km north of Bangkok. The total forest area is 12,455 km (4,809 sq mi) or 72 percent of provincial area. Four national parks and two national parks (preparation), along with two other national parks, make up region 14 (Tak) of Thailand's protected areas. There area

546-502: The one pumped-storage turbine that was installed. When constructed, the Bhumibol Dam contributed 73.66 percent of Thailand's power generation and in 2003 that number was 2 percent. During the 2011 Thailand floods , rainfall for March 2011 over the area of northern Thailand was an extraordinary 344 percent above normal. Bhumibol Dam in particular got 242.8 millimetres (9.56 in) of rain, 224.7 millimetres (8.85 in) above

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572-526: The province. Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary shares half of the lake front with Kanchanaburi and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary at the border with Uthai Thani and are World Heritage Sites . On the western side of Tak province the Tenasserim Hills meet the Dawna Range . One of the few transnational roads and cross-border points into Myanmar is at Mae Sot . Northwest of Mae Sot

598-398: The province. Mae Sot has city ( thesaban nakhon ) status. Tak has town ( thesaban mueang ) status. Further 17 subdistrict municipalities ( thesaban tambon ). The non-municipal areas are administered by 49 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations - SAO ( ongkan borihan suan tambon ). The provincial seal shows King Naresuan on the royal elephant. Sometimes below the elephant a garuda

624-446: Was Thailand's first multi-purpose project. It is the highest dam in Thailand at 154 m (505 ft) tall. The dam was originally called Yanhee Dam in 1951 when the government of prime minister Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram initiated the project. It was renamed Bhumibol Dam in 1957. The dam, among others in the Chao Phraya basin, was constructed beginning in the 1950s to exploit the agricultural and hydroelectric potential of

650-565: Was established by Jamadevi (พระนางจามเทวี), princess of the Lavo kingdom, around 663 CE. It became part of the Sukhothai kingdom through battles led by Ramkhamhaeng the Great and formed the main fortress on the western front. The city was moved further west and renamed Mueang Rahang when the Ayuthaya kingdom was lost to Burma during King Maha Thammaracha's reign. The city was moved back to

676-557: Was formerly conducted in Mae Sot District . Handicrafts and Myanmar products are also important for trade. The Bhumibol Dam in the northern part of Tak is its most popular tourist attraction. Tourism, especially ecotourism , in the southern part is seasonal with popular destinations such as the Thi Lo Su Waterfall , Thi Lo Le Waterfall, hiking and white water rafting in its various forest reserves. Tak

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