Malaysia–Thailand border

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The Malaysia–Thailand border divides the sovereign states of Malaysia and Thailand and consists of a land boundary running for 658 km (409 mi) across the Malay Peninsula and maritime boundaries in the Straits of Malacca and the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea. The Golok River forms the easternmost 95 km stretch of the land border. The land border is based on the 1909 treaty between Thailand (then known as Siam) and the British which had started to exert their influence over the northern Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, and Terengganu in the early 20th century, states which were previously under Siamese control. Currently, the international border forms part of the borders of four Malaysian states (Kedah, Kelantan, Perak, and Perlis), and four Thai provinces (Narathiwat, Satun, Songkhla, and Yala). Malaysia and Thailand have territorial sea and continental shelf boundary agreements for the Straits of Malacca which were signed in 1979 and 1971, respectively. The 1979 agreement also...

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