Editing Rayong (section)

{{Short description|City in Thailand}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Rayong
| official_name      = City of Rayong<br>เทศบาลนครระยอง
| native_name        = {{lang|th|ระยอง}}
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in Thailand|City Municipality]]
| image_skyline      = Chakphong, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand - panoramio - Андрей Бобровский.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Chakphong, Klaeng district, Rayong
| image_flag         = Flag of Rayong Municipality.png
| image_seal         = Seal of Rayong.png
| image_shield       = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_map          = Amphoe 2101.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Rayong province]]
| pushpin_map        = Thailand
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Thailand]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|12|40|27|N|101|16|44|E|type:city(54000)_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{Flag|Thailand}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Rayong province|Rayong]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Districts of Thailand|District]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Mueang Rayong district|Mueang Rayong]]
| subdivision_type3  = 
| subdivision_name3  = 
| subdivision_type4  = 
| subdivision_name4  = 
| established_title  = <!-- Settled -->
| established_date   = 
| government_type    = City Municipality
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Worawit Sopchokchai
| unit_pref          = Metric <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired-->
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 16.95<!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion-->
| area_land_km2      = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion-->
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref>  tags-->
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 64,256
| population_as_of   = 2016
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note    = 
| timezone           = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset         = +7
| timezone_DST       = 
| utc_offset_DST     = 
| postal_code_type   = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... -->
| postal_code        = 
| area_code          = (+66) 38
| website            = {{url|rayongcity.go.th}}
| footnotes          = 
| leader_title1      = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1       = 
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in Thailand|Area code]]
}}
{{About|the city Rayong}}

'''Rayong''' ({{langx|th|ระยอง}}, {{IPA|th|rā<!--neutralized high-level tone /ráʔ/-->.jɔ̄ːŋ<!--mid tone-->|pron}}) is a city (''[[thesaban nakhon]]'') on the east coast of the [[Gulf of Thailand]] and the capital of [[Rayong province]]. It covers [[tambon]]s Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of ''tambons'' Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within [[Mueang Rayong district]]. As of 2016 the population was 64,256 (est.). The main industry is fishing, and it is also the main producer of Thailand's [[fish sauce]].{{CN|date=July 2018}} It is also the center of the chemical and auto industries. In 2012 [[Ford Motor Company]] opened an assembly plant in Rayong to expand Ford's presence in the [[ASEAN]] area, employing some 2,200 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120502/BUSINESS0102/120502072/Ford-opens-assembly-plant-Thailand?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE |title=Ford opens assembly plant in Thailand |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=5 May 2012 |first=Alisa |last=Priddle}}</ref>

Rayong was named an Asia-Pacific City of the Future by the ''Financial Times'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newton |first1=Tim |title=Punching above its weight – Rayong, Thailand |url=https://thethaiger.com/news/punching-weight-rayong-thailand |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=The Taiger |date=29 September 2017}}</ref>