Thung Khao Luang district

District in Roi Et, Thailand

Thung Khao Luang

ทุ่งเขาหลวง

District

District location in Roi Et province

Coordinates: 15°59′32″N 103°51′33″E﻿ / ﻿15.99222°N 103.85917°E﻿ / 15.99222; 103.85917
Country| Thailand
Province| Roi Et
Seat| Thung Khao Luang
Area

• Total| 138.9 km2 (53.6 sq mi)
Population

(2005)

• Total| 24,260
• Density| 174.7/km2 (452/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code| 45170
Geocode| 4520

Thung Khao Luang (Thai: ทุ่งเขาหลวง, pronounced [tʰûŋ kʰǎw lǔaŋ]; Northeastern Thai: ท่งเขาหลวง, pronounced [tʰōŋ kʰǎw lǔaŋ]) is a district (amphoe) of Roi Et province, Thailand.

## Geography

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The district is in central Roi Et Province. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise): At Samat, Thawat Buri, and Selaphum.

The important water resource is the Chi River.

## History

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The minor district was created on 1 July 1997, when the four tambons Thung Khao Luang, Thoet Thai, Bueng Ngam, and Maba were split off from Thawat Buri district.[1]

The Thai government on 15 May 2007 upgraded all of 81 minor districts to full districts.[2] With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official.[3]

## Administration

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The district is divided into five sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 50 villages (mubans). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas. There are five tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No.  | Name  | Thai name  | Villages  | Pop.

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1. | Thung Khao Luang | ทุ่งเขาหลวง | 7 | 4,632 |
2. | Thoet Thai | เทอดไทย | 10 | 4,753 |
3. | Bueng Ngam | บึงงาม | 13 | 4,630 |
4. | Maba | มะบ้า | 9 | 4,859 |
5. | Lao | เหล่า | 11 | 5,386 |

## Economy

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The largely agricultural local economy is augmented by remittances from local women who married foreigners and live abroad. In Ban Jaan (บ้านจาร) village, a settlement of 540 households, at least 100 households have a Western son-in-law, mostly Swiss, leading the town to be known among Thais as the "Swiss village".[4] Local officials claim the number of resident Swiss is overstated as most live with their wives in Switzerland.[5]

## References

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1. ^ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอธวัชบุรี จังหวัดร้อยเอ็ด ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอทุ่งเขาหลวง (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 114 (Special 51 ง): 17. June 25, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012.
2. ^ แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550 (in Thai). Manager Online. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16.
3. ^ พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 124 (46 ก): 14–21. August 24, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007.
4. ^ Montlake, Simon (20 July 2004). "Thailand's 'Swiss village'". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
5. ^ Yongcharoenchai, Chaiyot (5 March 2017). "Tied in a knot: the Thai wives who go abroad" (Special Report in Spectrum). Bangkok Post. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

## External links

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* amphoe.com

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Districts of Roi Et

* Mueang Roi Et
* Kaset Wisai
* Pathum Rat
* Chaturaphak Phiman
* Thawat Buri
* Phanom Phrai
* Phon Thong
* Pho Chai
* Nong Phok
* Selaphum
* Suwannaphum
* Mueang Suang
* Phon Sai
* At Samat
* Moei Wadi
* Si Somdet
* Changhan
* Chiang Khwan
* Nong Hi
* Thung Khao Luang

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