Tachileik
Tachileik 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Wat Phra That Doi Wao
Buddhist temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Phra That Doi Wao is a Buddhist temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mae Sai.
Mae Sai
Mae Sai is the northernmost city of Thailand. It is mainly a stepping stone for visits to Myanmar 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
- Categories: human settlement, border city, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Tachileik Township, Tachileik District, Shan State, Eastern Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.4491° or 20° 26′ 57″ northLongitude
99.8842° or 99° 53′ 3″ eastPopulation
51,600Elevation
1,319 feet (402 metres)IATA airport code
THLUnited Nations Location Code
MM THLOpen location code
7MGXCVXM+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 249249716OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1295301Wikidata 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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