Mueang Rayong is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Rayong Province

Rayong Province

Rayong province is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chon Buri and Chanthaburi. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.-History:...

, eastern Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Ban Chang

Amphoe Ban Chang

Ban Chang is the westernmost district of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The area originally was Tambon Phala of Mueang Rayong district...

, Nikhom Phatthana, Ban Khai

Amphoe Ban Khai

Ban Khai is a district in the central part of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-History:In 1767 when Ayutthaya was destroyed by the Burmese, the later King Taksin the Great lead his troops to built a Siamese military base at Chanthaburi...

, Wang Chan

Amphoe Wang Chan

Wang Chan is a district in the northern part of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The minor district Wang Chan was created on 16 November 1977 by splitting off the two tambon Chum Saeng and Wang Chan from Klaeng district...

 and Klaeng

Amphoe Klaeng

Klaeng is a district in the eastern part of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-History:In the reign of King Chulalongkorn , Mueang Klaeng was the 4th class city under Monthon Chanthaburi. The old Mueang office was located in Ban Laem Mueang, Tambon Paknam Prasae. In 1897 the office was moved to...

. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand

Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...

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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. In 1938 it was renamed to Mueang Rayong.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 15 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 86 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Rayong

Rayong

Rayong is a city located on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand, in the east coast region of Thailand. It is the capital of Rayong Province, and covers the tambon Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of tambon Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong district...

 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

Amphoe Nikhom Phatthana

Nikhom Phatthana is a district of Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was established on July 15, 1996 by splitting four tambon from Ban Khai 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. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Tha Pradu	ท่าประดู่
20,661
2.	Choeng Noen	เชิงเนิน	7	41,429
3.	Taphong	ตะพง	16	17,964
4.	Pak Nam	ปากน้ำ
8,843
5.	Phe	เพ	7	18,129
6.	Klaeng	แกลง	7	11,094
7.	Ban Laeng	บ้านแลง	7	6,676
8.	Na Ta Khwan	นาตาขวัญ	6	6,293
9.	Noen Phra	เนินพระ	7	29,659
10.	Kachet	กะเฉด	10	7,056
11.	Thap Ma	ทับมา	8	18,187
12.	Nam Khok	น้ำคอก	4	4,450
13.	Huai Pong	ห้วยโป่ง	1	14,280
14.	Map Ta Phut	มาบตาพุด	1	19,746
15.	Samnak Thong	สำนักทอง	5	5,190

See also

• Eastern Seaboard of Thailand
  Eastern Seaboard of Thailand
  The Eastern Seaboard of Thailand is an emerging economic region, and plays a key role in Thailand's economy. Its importance lies in the fact that it is Thailand's center for export oriented industries. High value goods, such as Japanese branded automobiles, which are manufactured there and...
  
  
• Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park

External links

• amphoe.com (thai)