In the Sukhothai era, Mueang Tak was the western frontier city.

[1] The old location of the city was in Tambon Ko Taphao, now Ban Tak district.

However 1965 it burned down, thus the government rented the house of Luang San Buranurak as a temporary district office.

Neighboring districts are (clockwise from south): Wang Chao, Phop Phra, Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, Ban Tak of Tak Province, Ban Dan Lan Hoi of Sukhothai province, Phran Kratai, Kosamphi Nakhon of Kamphaeng Phet province The important water resource of the district is the Ping River.

Numbers 10, 16 and 17 belong to the tambon which now form Wang Chao District.