Tachileik
Sign in to saveTachileik (also spelt Tachilek; , ; , ; , , ) is a border town in Shan State of eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tachileik Township and Tachileik District and most populated city in eastern Shan State with 51,553 residents per 2014 census count, ahead of Kyaing Tong, but only 4th statewide. It faces Mae Sai in Thailand, and is home to one of Myanmar's seven official border trade posts with Thailand.
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Place details
- Locality
- တာချီလိတ်
- Region
- ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 51,553
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Key facts
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- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Tachileik
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- bottom
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- Myanmar
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- Location in Myanmar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wat Phra Dhatu Doi Wao วัดพระธาตุดอยเวา (October 2021) - img 07.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skyline of Tachileik on the Daen Lao Range, seen from Thailand's
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tachileik
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Tachileik Township
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Image
- Entrance, Tachileik, Myanmar.jpg
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Article
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- Climate
- Border crossing
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Tachileik (also spelt Tachilek; , ; , ; , , ) is a border town in Shan State of eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Tachileik Township and Tachileik District and most populated city in eastern Shan State with 51,553 residents per 2014 census count, ahead of Kyaing Tong, but only 4th statewide. It faces Mae Sai in Thailand, and is home to one of Myanmar's seven official border trade posts with Thailand.
==History== Tachileik was a border crossing probably used in the opium trade from the Golden Triangle and was the town that the drug lord Khun Sa used to live in.