Tak province

Tak
ตาก
Ping River in Tak
Wat Chon Prathan Rangsan
Motto(s): 
ธรรมชาติน่ายล ภูมิพลเขื่อนใหญ่ พระเจ้าตากเกรียงไกร เมืองไม้และป่างาม
("Nature worth seeing. The massive Bhumibol Dam. Brave King Taksin. The city of beautiful woods and forests.")
Map of Thailand highlighting Tak province
CountryThailand
RegionLower northern
CapitalTak
Largest CityMae Sot
Government
  GovernorChucheep Pongchai
Area
  Total
17,303 km2 (6,681 sq mi)
  Rank4th
Population
 (2024)
  Total
698,597
  Rank39th
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
   Rank75th
Human Achievement Index
  HAI (2022)0.6229 "low"
Ranked 65th
GDP
  Totalbaht 48 billion
(US$1.7 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
63xxx
Calling code055
ISO 3166 codeTH-63
Websitetak.go.th
Tak Provincial Administrative Organization
องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดตาก
Government
  TypeLocal administrative divisions
  BodyTak Provincial Administrative Organization
  PresidentAtchara Thaweekueakulkit
Websitetakpao.go.th

Tak (Thai: ตาก, pronounced [tàːk]) is one of Thailand's seventy-seven provinces (changwat) and lies in lower northern Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi. The western edge of the province has a long boundary with Kayin State of Myanmar (Burma).