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.
4-517: BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company based Rayong , in the Rayong Province of eastern Thailand and a subsidiary of BMW Group Thailand. The BMW Group Thailand was founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of BMW AG and consists of three companies: BMW (Thailand) Co., Ltd. for Sales, BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. for the production and BMW Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. for financial services. The work
8-565: 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 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
12-787: The same year in the 7 Series . In the same year, the X1 was introduced as the 5th model in Thailand. A year later, the X3 followed. Rayong 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
16-667: Was started in May 2000 with the production of BMW 3 Series . In October 2002, the long version of the 7 Series was added. A little later, production of the 5 Series started in April 2004. In 2005, the 3 Series was then replaced by the fifth generation . In January 2006, the BMW X3 was joined by the fourth model. There were new generation changes in January 2010 in the 5 Series as in August of
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