Thailand and Myanmar border (Burma)
The Thailand Myanmar border is the international border between the territory of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand. The Myanmar Thailand border is 2,416 km (1,501 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Laos in the north to Andaman Sea coast in the south.
The Thailand Myanmar border starts in the north at the tripoint with Laos at the confluence of the Kok and Mekong Rivers and, after briefly following the Kok and then the Sai, then proceeds overland to the west via a series of irregular lines through the Daen Lao Range, before turning to the south-west and joining the Salween River. The border between Thailand and Myanmar follows the Salween and then Moei River southwards, before leaving it and proceeding southwards overland through the Dawna Range and Bilauktaung Range (collectively these mountains form the Tenasserim Hills). The border between Myanmar and Thailand continues southwards down the Malay Peninsula, almost cutting Thailand in two at Prachuap Khiri Khan, before reaching the Isthmus of Kra and the Kraburi River, which it then follows out via a wide estuary to the Andaman Sea. The maritime boundary then follows coordinates marked by the countries' continental shelf delimitation agreement towards the tripoint with India, which controls the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Thailand Myanmar border regions have historically been contested between the various Thai and Burmese states. Fighting between Burma and the Siamese Ayutthaya Kingdom over control of what is now Myanmar's Tanintharyi Region dominated the area in the 16th century, before Burma destroyed Ayutthaya and took control of the region in 1767. Soon after, Siam extended suzerainty over the Lanna Kingdom (now Northern Thailand), which had previously been under Burmese control. Burmese expansion in the 19th century brought it into conflict with the British in India, sparking a series of conflicts which ended with Burma being occupied and incorporated into British India. With France occupying French Indochina in the same period, the two European states allowed the Kingdom of Siam (the old name for Thailand) to retains its independence as a buffer state.
In 1868 Britain and Siam signed a treaty delimiting the Burma Thailand border from the Salween south to the Andaman Sea. Following some confusion as to the border's location, on the ground demarcation of the Myanmar Thailand border commenced from 1889–92. In 1892 the northern section of the border delimited and then demarcated on the ground from 1893–94, with a final boundary treaty with maps signed on 17 October 1894. The northern terminus of the Thailand Myanmar border was fixed in 1896 when the British and French agreed that the Mekong would serve as the Burma-Laos border. Some minor boundary adjustments occurred in 1929 and 1934. In 1941, following Japan's invasion of Burma, parts of Burma were ceded to Siam as the Saharat Thai Doem territory, however these areas were returned to Burma in 1946 following Japan's defeat and since then the border has remained in place. In 1937 Burma was separated from India and became a separate colony, gaining full independence in 1948, at which point the border became an international frontier between two sovereign states.
At present there is an outstanding dispute over the ownership of some small islands in the Andaman Sea.
From 2010-12 there were clashes along the border between the Myanmar army and the Karen National Liberation Army.
There are several Thailand Myanmar border crossings:
Mae Sot - Myawaddy
Mae Sai - Tachilek
Ban Sop Ruak - Chiang Saen
Ranong - Kawthaung
Phu Nam Ron - Htee Kee
Singkhon Pass - Maw Daung (the Singkhon Pass)
Sangkhla Buri - Payathonzu (the Three Pagodas Pass)
Bong Ti - Sinbyudaing
Nong Uk - Namaklwe
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