Amphoe Mueang Rayong

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Mueang Rayong
เมืองระยอง
Statistics
Province:	Rayong
District office:	12°40′6″N, 101°16′30″E
Area:	514.5 km²
Inhabitants:	211,064 (2005)
Pop. density:	410.3 inh./km²
Geocode:	2101
Postal code:	21000
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Mueang Rayong (Thai: เมืองระยอง) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 15 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 83 villages (muban). Rayong is a city (thesaban nakhon) which covers the tambon Tha Pradu and Paknam 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 townships (thesaban tambon) - Klaeng Kachet covers parts of the tambon Klaeng and Kachet, and Ban Phe parts of tambon Phe.

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Tha Pradu	ท่าประดู่	-	20,215
2.	Choeng Noen	เชิงเนิน	7	38,045
3.	Taphong	ตะพง	15	17,207
4.	Paknam	ปากน้ำ	-	8,310
5.	Phe	เพ	7	17,251
6.	Klaeng	แกลง	7	10,750
7.	Ban Laeng	บ้านแลง	7	6,486
8.	Na Ta Khwan	นาตาขวัญ	5	5,870
9.	Noen Phra	เนินพระ	7	25,497
10.	Ka Chet	กะเฉด	10	6,952
11.	Thap Ma	ทับมา	8	14,530
12.	Nam Khok	น้ำคอก	3	4,080
13.	Huai Pong	ห้วยโป่ง	1	12,781
14.	Map Ta Phut	มาบตาพุด	1	17,930
15.	Samnak Thong	สำนักทอง	5	5,160