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Suratthani School

school in Surat Thani province, Thailand

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ13027312
Source-derived summary

Suratthani School (Thai: โรงเรียนสุราษฎร์ธานี) is a state secondary school located in Surat Thani, Thailand. It provides education for secondary students from Matthayom 1 to Matthayom 6 (Equivalent to grade 7–12). The school was founded in 1907 at Wat Thammabucha in Surat Thani Province and was relocated many times throughout its history. Nowadays, the school is located on Donnok Road, next to Surat Thani's city hall. It is regarded as one of the best secondary schools in Southern Thailand.

Notable alumni

Adisorn Threesirikasem: Film Director.

Apichad Thaveechalermdit: Footballer.

Banyat Bantadtan: Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand.

Ekaphan Inthasen: Footballer.

Jarupong Thongsin: Thammasat University student, victim of the 1976 Thammasat Massacre.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Suratthani School” as school in Surat Thani province, Thailand. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Suratthani, School and school.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1907, 1976—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Suratthani, School and school providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Suratthani School”, the useful work is to connect “school in Surat Thani province, Thailand” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13027312. Authority coordinates are 9.133, 99.330. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1907 and 1976.

Critical limits

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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Suratthani School primary sources, Suratthani School archive and Suratthani research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from Suratthani School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.