Tachileik

Tachileik တာချီလိတ်မြို့
Town
Skyline of Tachileik on the Daen Lao Range, seen from Thailand's Wat Phra That Doi Wao [th]
Tachileik Location in Burma
Coordinates: 20°27′10″N 99°53′45″E / 20.45278°N 99.89583°E / 20.45278; 99.89583
Country	Myanmar
Division	Shan State
Admin. district	Tachileik
Admin. township	Tachileik Township
Population  (2014)	51,553
• Ethnicities	Shan
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Tachileik (also spelt Tachilek; Burmese: တာချီလိတ်, [tà tɕʰì leɪʔ]; Shan: တႃႈၶီႈလဵၵ်း, [tɑ᷆.kʰi᷆.lék]; Thai: ท่าขี้เหล็ก, RTGS: Tha Khilek, [tʰâː.kʰîː.lèk]) 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.^[1] It faces Mae Sai in Thailand, and is home to one of Myanmar's seven official border trade posts with Thailand.