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Suthep

subdistrict in Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province, Thailand

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 31, 2024
Entity authorityQ7649941 ↗
Source-derived summary

Suthep (Thai: สุเทพ) is a tambon (subdistrict) of Mueang Chiang Mai District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a total population of 36,952 people. The tambon contains 15 villages, including Doi Pui and others.

It is the location of Chiang Mai International Airport.

Editorial summary

“Suthep” enters the record as subdistrict in Mueang Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province, Thailand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Suthep, subdistrict and Mueang can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Suthep, subdistrict and Mueang.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Suthep” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Suthep, subdistrict and Mueang provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 31, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7649941. Authority coordinates are 18.794, 98.914. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Suthep”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Suthep primary sources, Suthep archive and Suthep 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.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Suthep”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Suthep” 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.