Country Thailand Population 4,079 (2007) | Local time Monday 5:12 PM Province Narathiwat Province | |
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Weather 29°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 70% Humidity Amphoes Waeng District, Narathiwat | ||
Buketa
Buketa (Thai: บูเก๊ะตา) 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. The municipality lies west of the Kolok River.
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History
The municipality was created as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban) in 1993. Like all sanitary districts it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality in 1999.
Traffic
A crossing on the Malaysia-Thailand border to the neighboring Malaysian town of Bukit Bunga in Kelantan state was opened in December 2007, crossing the Kolok River with the Bukit Bunga-Ban Buketa Bridge.
References
Buketa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA