rayong
{{Short description|City in Thailand}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rayong
| official_name = City of Rayong
เทศบาลนครระยอง
| native_name = {{lang|th|ระยอง}}
| other_name =
| settlement_type = City Municipality
| image_skyline = Chakphong, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand - panoramio - Андрей Бобровский.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Chakphong, Klaeng district, Rayong
| image_flag = Flag of Rayong Municipality.png
| image_seal = Seal of Rayong.png
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| nickname =
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| image_map = Amphoe 2101.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location in Rayong province
| pushpin_map = Thailand
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Thailand
| coordinates = {{coord|12|40|27|N|101|16|44|E|type:city(54000)_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Thailand}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Rayong
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Mueang Rayong
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| government_type = City Municipality
| government_footnotes =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Worawit Sopchokchai
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 16.95
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| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 64,256
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone = ICT
| utc_offset = +7
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| area_code = (+66) 38
| website = {{url|rayongcity.go.th}}
| footnotes =
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
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| area_code_type = Area code
}}
{{About|the city Rayong}}
Rayong ({{langx|th|ระยอง}}, {{IPA|th|rā.jɔ̄ːŋ|pron}}) 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.{{CN|date=July 2018}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120502/BUSINESS0102/120502072/Ford-opens-assembly-plant-Thailand?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE |title=Ford opens assembly plant in Thailand |work=Detroit Free Press |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=5 May 2012 |first=Alisa |last=Priddle}}
Rayong was named an Asia-Pacific City of the Future by the Financial Times in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Newton |first1=Tim |title=Punching above its weight – Rayong, Thailand |url=https://thethaiger.com/news/punching-weight-rayong-thailand |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=The Taiger |date=29 September 2017}}
Etymology
Rayong comes from the Chong word for Pterocarpus macrocarpus, (commonly known as Burma Padauk, and in Thai “Pradu”) a tree that is common in the region. {{Cite journal|last=Kanchanawan|first=Nitaya|date=December 2011|title=Thai-ization|url=https://www.thaiscience.info/Journals/Article/TJRI/10990660.pdf|journal=The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand|volume=III|pages=48–49|via=Thaiscience.info}}{{Cite web|last=Rojas-Sandoval|first=Julissa|date=June 16, 2017|title=Pterocarpus macrocarpus|url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/45422|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=Cabi.org}}
History
During the late Ayutthaya period, when the former capital of Thailand was being destroyed by the invading Burmese, general Phaya Tak marched his troops to Rayong in order to build up his navy before proceeding on to Chanthaburi. He was later anointed "king" in Rayong. Phaya Tak later became King Taksin of the Kingdom of Thonburi, after which he returned to Ayutthaya, defeated the Burmese and set up a new capital in Thonburi.{{cite web|title=Rayong Province, Thailand tourism portal|url=http://www.tripsthailand.com/rayong.php|website=www.tripsthailand.com|access-date=19 April 2016}}
Yomjinda Road bisects one of Rayong's oldest settlements. The road follows the Rayong River which, in the reign of King Rama VI, was the chief means of transport. The community rehabilitated the old town and today it has become a tourist destination.{{cite web |title=Yomjinda old town |url=https://www.travelfish.org/sight_profile/thailand/eastern_thailand/rayong/rayong/3666 |website=Travelfish |access-date=12 July 2018}}
Education
- Rayongwittayakhompaknam School
People
- Sutthi Atchasai: (environmentalist fighting pollution at Map Ta Phut; died in 2014){{cite news |last1=Atthakor |first1=Ploenpote |title=Green activist movement loses warrior |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/420945/green-activist-movement-loses-warrior |access-date=12 July 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=17 July 2014}}
- Narasak Ittiritpong: (racing driver; born 1983)
Gallery
File:Atmosphere within the Festival.jpg|Rayong Storytelling Festival, Yomjinda Road, 31 March 2018
File:Yonjinda Road Festival.jpg|Yomjinda Road, 31 March 2018
File:Rayong Museum.jpg|Rayong Museum, Yomjinda Road
Climate
{{Weather box
| location = Rayong (1991–2020, extremes 1981-present)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 37.0
|Feb record high C = 37.5
|Mar record high C = 37.9
|Apr record high C = 40.0
|May record high C = 39.5
|Jun record high C = 38.0
|Jul record high C = 38.0
|Aug record high C = 38.0
|Sep record high C = 37.3
|Oct record high C = 37.2
|Nov record high C = 37.3
|Dec record high C = 37.5
|year record high C = 40.0
|Jan record low C = 14.5
|Feb record low C = 16.3
|Mar record low C = 17.5
|Apr record low C = 19.0
|May record low C = 22.3
|Jun record low C = 21.5
|Jul record low C = 22.0
|Aug record low C = 22.5
|Sep record low C = 21.7
|Oct record low C = 18.3
|Nov record low C = 17.0
|Dec record low C = 13.3
|year record low C = 13.3
|Jan high C = 31.9
|Feb high C = 32.4
|Mar high C = 33.0
|Apr high C = 34.0
|May high C = 33.5
|Jun high C = 32.7
|Jul high C = 32.2
|Aug high C = 32.0
|Sep high C = 31.8
|Oct high C = 32.3
|Nov high C = 32.8
|Dec high C = 32.2
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 26.5
|Feb mean C = 27.8
|Mar mean C = 29.0
|Apr mean C = 30.0
|May mean C = 29.9
|Jun mean C = 29.5
|Jul mean C = 29.0
|Aug mean C = 28.8
|Sep mean C = 28.3
|Oct mean C = 27.7
|Nov mean C = 27.5
|Dec mean C = 26.4
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 22.2
|Feb low C = 24.5
|Mar low C = 26.4
|Apr low C = 27.3
|May low C = 27.3
|Jun low C = 27.0
|Jul low C = 26.8
|Aug low C = 26.6
|Sep low C = 25.7
|Oct low C = 24.7
|Nov low C = 23.7
|Dec low C = 22.1
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 29.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 32.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 70.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 84.7
|May precipitation mm = 190.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 177.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 176.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 128.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 268.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 196.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 44.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 7.5
| year precipitation mm = 1406.7
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 2.2
|Feb precipitation days = 2.6
|Mar precipitation days = 4.0
|Apr precipitation days = 5.2
|May precipitation days = 10.8
|Jun precipitation days = 12.0
|Jul precipitation days = 11.0
|Aug precipitation days = 9.8
|Sep precipitation days = 14.6
|Oct precipitation days = 13.3
|Nov precipitation days = 4.2
|Dec precipitation days = 1.1
|year precipitation days = 90.8
|Jan humidity = 75.0
|Feb humidity = 76.4
|Mar humidity = 77.5
|Apr humidity = 77.0
|May humidity = 78.7
|Jun humidity = 79.1
|Jul humidity = 79.5
|Aug humidity = 80.0
|Sep humidity = 82.3
|Oct humidity = 82.2
|Nov humidity = 74.5
|Dec humidity = 70.6
| year humidity = 77.7
|Jan sun = 229.4
|Feb sun = 211.9
|Mar sun = 201.5
|Apr sun = 204.0
|May sun = 155.0
|Jun sun = 114.0
|Jul sun = 117.8
|Aug sun = 114.7
|Sep sun = 108.0
|Oct sun = 145.7
|Nov sun = 189.0
|Dec sun = 226.3
|year sun =
|Jand sun = 7.4
|Febd sun = 7.5
|Mard sun = 6.5
|Aprd sun = 6.8
|Mayd sun = 5.0
|Jund sun = 3.8
|Juld sun = 3.8
|Augd sun = 3.7
|Sepd sun = 3.6
|Octd sun = 4.7
|Novd sun = 6.3
|Decd sun = 7.3
|yeard sun = 5.5
|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Thailand/CSV/Rayong_48478.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| publisher = World Meteorological Organization
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}
|source 2 = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010){{cite web| url =http://water.rid.go.th/hwm/cropwater/CWRdata/ETo/ETo_PenMon_2554.pdf| title = ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith)| publisher = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department| page = 98
| language = th| access-date = 6 August 2016}}(extremes){{cite web
| url = http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75
| title = Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010
| publisher = Thai Meteorological Department
| accessdate = 4 August 2016}}
}}
References
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External links
{{Commonscat}}
- {{Wikivoyage-inline|Rayong}}
- [https://www.iurban.in.th/review/the-old-market-on-yomjinda-roadrayong The old market on Yomjinda Road]
- [http://review.tourismthailand.org/yomjinda Rayong]
- [http://www.museumthailand.com/storytelling-detail.php?p=3044 ถนนยมจินดา ยมจินดา ธรรมดาซะที่ไหน (Yomjinda Road is not normal)]
- [https://sites.google.com/site/yinditanrab/home/yan-meuxng-kea-rayxng-thnn-ym-cinda ย่านเมืองเก่าระยอง ถนนยมจินดา Rayong's old town]
{{Metropolitan cities of Thailand}}
Category:Populated places in Rayong province
Category:Cities and towns in Thailand
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