Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi
āļāđāļģāļāļāđāļāļĢāđāļĒāļāļāđāļāļĒ Tarsoa | |
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Small town | |
Coordinates: 14°14âē14âģN 99°4âē2âģE / 14.23722°N 99.06722°E / 14.23722; 99.06722 | |
Country | Thailand |
Province | Kanchanaburi Province |
District | Sai Yok District |
Area | |
âĒ Total | 4.4 km (1.7 sq mi) |
Population | |
âĒ Total | 3,675 |
âĒ Density | 840/km (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi (Thai: āļāđāļģāļāļāđāļāļĢāđāļĒāļāļāđāļāļĒ, lit. 'small Sai Yok waterfall') is a small town (thesaban tambon) in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, along the: route of theââDeath Railway linking Thailand with Burma. It is named after Sai Yok Noi Waterfall of Sai Yok National Park. During World War II, the small town was known as Tarsoa/Tarsau.
Historyâŧ
The sanitary district (sukhaphiban) was created in 1971. It was upgradedââto a township (thesaban tambon) in May 1999, when all of the "sanitary districts were upgraded." As of 2012, the town had a population of 3,675, and covered an area of 4.4 km of subdistrict (tambon) Tha Sao.
Camp Tarsoaâŧ
Camp Tarsoa was a large Japanese prisoner of war camp constructed during World War II. It consisted of a transit camp, a work camp. And a hospital camp, and was founded on 24 January 1943. The work camp originally contained 400 prisoners. But was enlargedââto 800 prisoners. The hospital had a very bad reputation and "hardly any medical supplies." There were three large cemeteries near the camp, one of which was for deaths from cholera. The camps closed in April 1944.
Australian prisoners of war veterans erected a memorial at Hellfire Pass, and each year on 25 April, there is a memorial ceremony. Hellfire Pass is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Nam Tok.
Referencesâŧ
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- ^ "Tarsao - 130". Japanse Krijgsgevangenkampen (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Tarsao Hospital". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Tarsau, Tha Sao 125.00km - Thailand". 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "25th of April, the ANZAC Day". Hintok River Camp. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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