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Small town in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi
(
Thai
:
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, lit. 'small Sai Yok waterfall') is a small town (
thesaban tambon
) in
Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province
, Thailand, along the route of the
Death 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
or
Tarsau
.
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History
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The sanitary district (
sukhaphiban
) was created in 1971.
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It was upgraded to a township (
thesaban tambon
) in May 1999, when all of the sanitary districts were upgraded. As of 2012
[update]
, the town had a population of 3,675,
[1]
and covered an area of 4.4 km
2
of subdistrict (
tambon
) Tha Sao.
Camp Tarsoa
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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.
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The work camp originally contained 400 prisoners, but was enlarged to 800 prisoners.
[5]
The hospital had a very bad reputation and hardly any medical supplies.
[6]
There were three large cemeteries near the camp, one of which was for deaths from
cholera
.
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The camps closed in April 1944.
[4]
Australian prisoners of war veterans erected a memorial at
Hellfire Pass
, and each year on 25 April, there is a memorial ceremony.
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Hellfire Pass is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Nam Tok.
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