Rayong
Sign in to saveRayong (, ) is a city (thesaban nakhon) on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of tambons Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong district. As of 2016 the population was 64,256 (est.). The main industry is fishing, and it is also the main producer of Thailand's fish sauce. It is also the center of the chemical and auto industries. In 2012 Ford Motor Company opened an assembly plant in Rayong to expand Ford's presence in the ASEAN area, employing some 2,200 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rayong
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Rayongเทศบาลนครระยอง
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Chakphong, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand - panoramio - Андрей Бобровский.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chakphong, Klaeng district, Rayong
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Rayong Municipality.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Seal of Rayong.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Amphoe 2101.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location in Rayong province
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- Thailand
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- right
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- Location in Thailand
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rayong
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- District
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- เทศบาลนครระยอง
- Population
- 61902
- Area
- 16.95
- Elevation
- 6
- Official website
- www.rayongcity.net
- Image
- Sunset beach Rayong 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rayong
- native label
- เทศบาลนครระยอง
- postal code
- 21000
- inception
- 1917-00-00
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Rayong (, ) is a city (thesaban nakhon) on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of tambons Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong district. As of 2016 the population was 64,256 (est.). The main industry is fishing, and it is also the main producer of Thailand's fish sauce. It is also the center of the chemical and auto industries. In 2012 Ford Motor Company opened an assembly plant in Rayong to expand Ford's presence in the ASEAN area, employing some 2,200 people.
Rayong was named an Asia-Pacific City of the Future by the Financial Times in 2017.
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