Tachileik District Explained

Tachileik
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Burma
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Burma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Burma
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Shan State
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:+6:30
Coordinates:20.6833°N 100.0417°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:400

Tachileik District (Burmese: တာချီလိတ်ခရိုင်; Thai: ท่าขี้เหล็ก,, in Thai pronounced as /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:

Notes and References

  1. [GoogleEarth]