Rayong ( Thai : ระยอง , pronounced [rā.jɔ̄ːŋ] ) is a city ( thesaban nakhon ) on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province . It covers tambons 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 . 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.
6-689: Rayong was named an Asia-Pacific City of the Future by the Financial Times in 2017. Rayong comes from the Chong word for Pterocarpus macrocarpus , ( commonly known as Burma Padauk, and in Thai “Pradu”) a tree that is common in the region. During the late Ayutthaya period , when the former capital of Thailand was being destroyed by the invading Burmese , general Phaya Tak marched his troops to Rayong in order to build up his navy before proceeding on to Chanthaburi . He
12-686: A single language. Chong proper consists of the majority of varieties which Sidwell (2009) labeled "Western Chong". This includes the main dialect around Chanthaburi Province (mostly in southern Khao Khitchakut District and western Pong Nam Ron District ). on the Thai–Cambodian border. These should not be confused with the variety called "Chong" in Trat Province of western Thailand, nor with "Kasong" Chong, both of which were classified as "Central Chong" along with Samre , and so should perhaps be considered dialects of Samre rather than of Chong. Similarly,
18-646: A tourist destination. Chong language Chong (Thai: ภาษาชอง, also spelled Chawng, Shong, Xong ) is an endangered language spoken in eastern Thailand and formerly in Cambodia by the Chong . It is a Western Pearic language in the Mon–Khmer language family . Chong is currently the focus of a language revitalization project in Thailand. The Chong language is marked by its unusual four-way contrast in register . Its grammar has not been extensively studied, but it
24-704: Is the closest to extinction. Chong is actually two languages, Western Chong, and Central Chong or Samre . The Western Chong community in Thailand is primarily located in and around Chanthaburi . Central Chong includes the Kasong dialect of Trat. (See that article for details.) While the language spoken in Thailand has been studied recently, the Chong language in Cambodia has not been investigated yet. David Bradley (2007) reports no remaining speakers. A number of Pearic languages are called "Chong", and they all do not constitute
30-603: Is unrelated to the Thai language which is in the Tai–Kadai language family . Chong had no written form until 2000, when researchers at Mahidol University used a simplified version of standard Thai characters to create a Chong writing system , after which the first teaching materials in the language appeared. Chong is currently considered to be at stage 7 in Joshua Fishman 's Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (GIDS), where stage 8
36-683: Was later anointed "king" in Rayong. Phaya Tak later became King Taksin of the Kingdom of Thonburi, after which he returned to Ayutthaya, defeated the Burmese and set up a new capital in Thonburi. Yomjinda Road bisects one of Rayong's oldest settlements. The road follows the Rayong River which, in the reign of King Rama VI, was the chief means of transport. The community rehabilitated the old town and today it has become
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