| Official Name: | Thung Khao Luang |
| Native Name: | ทุ่งเขาหลวง |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Roi Et |
| Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Thung Khao Luang |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Type4: | Muban |
| Established Title: | District established |
| Population Total: | 24260 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 45170 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 4520 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Coordinates: | 15.9922°N 103.8592°W |
Thung Khao Luang (th|ทุ่งเขาหลวง, pronounced as /th/; tts|ท่งเขาหลวง, in Lao pronounced as /tʰōŋ kʰǎw lǔaŋ/) is a district (amphoe) of Roi Et province, Thailand.
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.
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]
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 |
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]