Thung Khao Luang District
Geography
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
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.
The Thai government on 15 May 2007 upgraded all of 81 minor districts to full districts. With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official.
Administration
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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". Local officials claim the number of resident Swiss is overstated as most live with their wives in Switzerland.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550 (in Thai). Manager Online. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Montlake, Simon (20 July 2004). "Thailand's 'Swiss village'". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ 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.