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| Layer Id | 154 | Name | Japanese POW Camps, World War II |
| Description | WWII Japanese Prisoner Of War camps, primarily from a printed map 'Japanese Prisoner Of War Camps During World War II, 1941-1945' available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese-run_internment_camps_during_World_War_II More detail on the Burma-Thailand Railway work camps has been obtained from Department of Veterans' Affairs https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/burma-thailand-railway-and-h | Subject Keywords | war, wwii, pow, prisoners of war, internment camp, world war ii, war, wwii, pow, prisoners of war, internment camp, world war ii |
| Type | Site | Warning | The years indicate the period of time covered by the map, not necessarily the times the camp existed. The coordinates are approximate and should not be regarded as the exact location. |
| Creator | Kate Ariotti and research assistants | Publisher | Medical Research Committee of American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc. |
| Contact | Kate Ariotti | Source Url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese-run_internment_camps_during_World_War_II |
| License | CC BY | Citation | Lipe, Frances Worthington 'Japanese Prisoner Of War Camps During World War II, 1941-1945' Brownsville: Medical Research Committee of American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc., 1980 |
| Language | EN | Created At | 2021-12-01 17:36:05 |
| Updated At | 2024-03-28 12:02:47 | Ghap Url | https://test-ghap.tlcmap.org/layers/154 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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533 | - |
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Area
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29246677.47473 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((123.653 -10.149,107.638 -6.953,107.532 -6.908,106.798 -6.562,100.416 -0.947,99.073 0.636,92.727 11.62,88.355 22.509,116.473 40.017,123.5282188 43.735,125.416 44.222,142.46 43.751,166.649 19.289,152.299 -4.407,123.653 -10.149)) | - |
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Density
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1.822429233066E-5 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(116.86110633076923 18.59026802594747) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((88.355 -10.149,88.355 44.222,166.649 44.222,166.649 -10.149,88.355 -10.149)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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St. Luke's Hospital | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Wake Island | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1941 | - |
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End Date
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1945 | - |
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Duration
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4 | years |
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Median Date
|
1943-01-01 | - |
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Average Date
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1943-01-01 | - |