Mueang Rayong District

Mueang Rayong เมืองระยอง
—  Amphoe  —
Amphoe location in Rayong Province
Coordinates: 12°40′6″N 101°16′30″E / 12.66833°N 101.275°E / 12.66833; 101.275Coordinates: 12°40′6″N 101°16′30″E / 12.66833°N 101.275°E / 12.66833; 101.275
Country	Thailand
Province	Rayong
Seat	Tha Pradu
Area
- Total	514.5 km2 (198.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	229,657
- Density	410.3/km2 (1,062.7/sq mi)
Time zone	THA (UTC+7)
Postal code	21000
Geocode	2101

Mueang Rayong (Thai: เมืองระยอง) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Ban Chang, Nikhom Phatthana, Ban Khai, Wang Chan and Klaeng. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.

Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park is located in Mueang Rayong district.

History

Originally named Mueang, the district was renamed after its central subdistrict Tha Pradu (ท่าประดู่) in 1917. ^[1] In 1938 it was renamed to Mueang Rayong.^[2]

Administration

The district is subdivided into 15 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 86 villages (muban). Rayong is a city (thesaban nakhon) which covers the tambon Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of tambon Choeng Noen and Noen Phra. The town (thesaban mueang) Map Ta Phut covers the whole tambon Map Ta Phut and Huai Pong, parts of Noen Phra and Thap Ma and also parts of tambon Mapkha of neighboring Nikhom Phatthana district. There are further two subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Klaeng Kachet covers parts of the tambon Klaeng and Kachet, and Ban Phe parts of tambon Phe. The remaining areas of the subdistricts Noen Phra and Thap Ma as well as the whole Nam Khok are also each a subdistrict municipality. The other 8 subdistrict each have a Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh.[3]
01.	Tha Pradu	ท่าประดู่	-	20,661
02.	Choeng Noen	เชิงเนิน	07	41,429
03.	Taphong	ตะพง	16	17,964
04.	Pak Nam	ปากน้ำ	-	08,843
05.	Phe	เพ	07	18,129
06.	Klaeng	แกลง	07	11,094
07.	Ban Laeng	บ้านแลง	07	06,676
08.	Na Ta Khwan	นาตาขวัญ	06	06,293
09.	Noen Phra	เนินพระ	07	29,659
10.	Kachet	กะเฉด	10	07,056
11.	Thap Ma	ทับมา	08	18,187
12.	Nam Khok	น้ำคอก	04	04,450
13.	Huai Pong	ห้วยโป่ง	01	14,280
14.	Map Ta Phut	มาบตาพุด	01	19,746
15.	Samnak Thong	สำนักทอง	05	05,190

See also

• Eastern Seaboard of Thailand
• Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park

References

1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 34 (0 ก): 40–68. 1917-04-29. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2460/A/40.PDF. 
2. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัด และอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 55 (0 ก): 658–666. 1938-11-14. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. 
3. ^ "Population statistics 2008". Department of Provincial Administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5121_01.html. 

External links

• amphoe.com (thai)