Rayong is a city on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province, with a 2016 population of about 64,256 across 16.95 square kilometers. Its traditional economy centers on fishing, and it is the main producer of Thailand fish sauce, but it has also grown into a hub for the chemical and automotive industries, including a Ford Motor Company assembly plant that opened in 2012 employing about 2,200 people. In 2017 the Financial Times named Rayong an Asia-Pacific City of the Future in recognition of its economic development.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Rayong (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 61,902 (2014)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, 101.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, 101.25
12.75 101.25 Aw
3. GeoNames: Rayong - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1607017, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1607017, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
12.68095 101.25798 P PPLA TH 47 2101 106737 7 Asia/Bangkok
Rayong (Wikipedia)
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Rayong (Thai: ระยอง, pronounced [rá(ʔ).jɔ̄ːŋ]) is a city (thesaban nakhon) on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province.
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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