Mountain range at Phu Khiao Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary (or written as Phu Khieo; ) is a

wildlife sanctuary A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geolog ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. It overlaps with three

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

s of Chaiyaphum province, namely Khon San, Kaset Sombun, and Nong Bua Daeng, covering about . The wildlife sanctuary contains Thung Kamang (ทุ่งกะมัง), an extensive

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...

covering an area of approximately at an elevation of . It features natural '' Arundinaria pusilla'' grassland on the undulated hills alternating with the forest line that make it look like continuous waves with many streams running through it and is surrounded with hill

evergreen forest An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zo ...

. This grassland is well-known as a breeding ground for endangered wildlife like

hog deer ''Axis'' is a genus of deer occurring in South and Southeast Asia. As presently defined by most authorities, four species are placed in the genus. Three of the four species are called hog deer. The genus name is a word mentioned in Pliny the Elde ...

, a medium-sized deer that is almost extinct in Thailand. Nowadays, they are distributed throughout the wildlife sanctuary. The surrounding area of Thung Kamang consists of many reservoirs. Somsak Lampongpan (Story & Photographs), ทุ่งกะมังดินแดนสวรรค์แห่งป่าภูเขียว (Back to nature in Thung Kamang), Osotho, Vol. 60 Issue 4 (November 2019).

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* category:Wildlife sanctuaries of Thailand category:1972 establishments in Thailand category:Protected areas established in 1972 Geography of Chaiyaphum province {{Coord, 16, 20, 16.8, N, 101, 32, 49.7, E, region:TH_type:landmark, display=title