Mueang Rayong District

Mueang Rayong
เมืองระยอง
—  Amphoe  —
Amphoe location in Rayong Province
Coordinates:
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.

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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

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. 

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