Tachileik District

Tachileik
District
Looking over Tachileik District, into the heart of the Daen Lao Range
Tachileik Location in Burma
Coordinates: 20°41′00″N 100°2′30″E / 20.68333°N 100.04167°E / 20.68333; 100.04167
Country	Burma
State	Shan State
Elevation [1]	400 m (1,300 ft)
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)

Tachileik District (Burmese: တာချီလိတ်ခရိုင်; Thai: ท่าขี้เหล็ก, RTGS: Tha Khilek, pronounced [tʰâː.kʰîː.lèk], Thai meaning: "Cassod Port") is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of one town and 295 villages. It is one of the four districts of Eastern Shan State.

The main town of Tachileik borders with the northernmost town of Mai Sae in the Chiang Rai province of Thailand. Tachileik and Mai Sae have immigration processing and border crossing checkpoints at both ends of the bridge that connects the two border towns.

Townships

The district contains the following townships:

• Tachileik Township
• Mong Hpayak Township (formerly part of Mong Hpayak District)
• Mong Yawng Township (formerly part of Mong Hpayak District)

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This page was last edited on 30 June 2023, at 03:34