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1 Geography

The Yannee Dam (however usually called Bhumibol Dam after king Bhumibol Adulyadej) stops the river Ping, one of the two sources of the Chao Phraya river. The artificial lake created covers an area of 300 km² and is the largest of Thailand. The Taksin Maharat and the Lan Sang National parks are located in the province. Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife SanctuaryThungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary (Thai: is one of protected area of Thailand, located northern part of the province Kanchanaburi and south partern of Tak. This area was gazetted to wildlife sanctuary on April 24, 1974 later was declared as a World Her shared a half with Kanchanaburi and Huai Kha Kheang Wildlife Sanctuary at border with Uthai Thani are declaired as a World Heritage site.

2 History

The historic name of Tak was Mueang Rahang, and it was built even before the Sukhothai periodThe Sukhothai kingdom was a kingdom in the north of Thailand around the city Sukhothai. It existed from 1238 till 1438. The old capital, now 12 km outside of New Sukhothai in Tambon Muang Kao, is now in ruins and is an Historical Park. History The city of and formed the main fortress on the western front.

King TaksinTaksin the Great ( April 17, 1734 April 7, 1782) was king of Thailand from 1767- 1782. His Chinese name was Zheng Chao pinyin zheng4 chao1) He was born in Ayutthaya and given the name Sin''. His father Hai-Hong was of Chinese ethnicity, and his mother Nok was vice-governor of Tak before the Ayutthaya kingdomThe kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai kingdom that existed from the 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai, 640 km to the north, in 1376. Over the next four centuries the king fell during the war with Burma. As his name was Sin, he became called Tak-Sin during his duty in Tak.