Tachileik

Tachileik is a border town in of eastern . It is the administrative seat of and and most populated city in eastern Shan State with 51,553 residents per 2014 census count, ahead of , but only 4th statewide.
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  • Type: City with 51,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Tha Chaleak”, “Tha Chi Lek”, and “Wān Ta-hki-lēk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wat Phra That Doi Wao and Mae Sai Border Checkpoint.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Border checkpoint
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mae Sai.

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is the northernmost city of . It is mainly a stepping stone for visits to and has a few attractions of its own. Wat Pha That Doi Wao is an interesting temple complex on a hillside overlooking the border.

Tachileik

Latitude
20.4491° or 20° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
99.8842° or 99° 53′ 3″ east
Population
51,600
Elevation
1,319 feet (402 metres)
IATA airport code
THL
United Nations Location Code
MM THL
Open location code
7MGXCVXM+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249249716
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1295301
Wiki­data ID
Q1018494
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Thai—“Tachileik” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “တာချီလိတ်”
  • Burmese: “တာချီလိတ်မြို့”
  • Chinese: “大其力”
  • Dutch: “Tachileik”
  • French: “Tachileik”
  • German: “Tachileik”
  • German: “Tachilek”
  • Indonesian: “Tachileik”
  • Indonesian: “Tachilek”
  • Irish: “Tachileik”
  • Italian: “Tachileik”
  • Japanese: “タチレイ”
  • Japanese: “タチレク”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻတာဆီလေက်”
  • Polish: “Tachileik”
  • Russian: “Тачайлейк”
  • Shan: “တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း၊ ဝဵင်း”
  • Shan: “တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းတႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း”
  • Swedish: “Tachileik”
  • Swedish: “Tachilek”
  • Tai Nüa: “ᥖᥣ ᥑᥤᥲ ᥘᥥᥐᥱ၊ ᥝᥥᥒᥰ”
  • Thai: “ท่าขี้เหล็ก”

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