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which was used as a work camp to construct the bridge. After the completion of the railway line, most prisoners were concentrated in the
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control. It was here that Asian forced labourers and Allied
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167:Population
102:99°31′52″E
1706:14°1′10″N
1066:dew point
380:Vipassana
335:Mae Klong
331:Khwae Yai
327:Khwae Noi
313:Geography
274:From the
207:กาญจนบุรี
181:Time zone
159:Elevation
99:14°1′10″N
33:กาญจนบุรี
1670:4 August
1648:4 August
1248:See also
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1068:°C (°F)
1064:Average
1016:Average
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895:Average
635:(100.4)
610:(111.2)
600:(100.4)
590:(103.6)
585:(102.9)
580:(103.5)
575:(105.1)
570:(109.0)
565:(111.2)
560:(108.1)
555:(105.4)
550:(101.1)
441:memorial
430:Tamarkan
416:(1957),
400:Japanese
363:Buddhist
357:Buddhism
302:and the
280:Thonburi
269:Rama III
230:Thailand
148:District
136:Province
130:Thailand
1331:25 June
1133:(71.2)
1128:(64.9)
1123:(70.0)
1118:(74.1)
1113:(74.3)
1108:(73.8)
1103:(73.6)
1098:(74.1)
1093:(74.3)
1088:(72.5)
1083:(70.0)
1078:(67.1)
1073:(65.1)
962:1,053.7
959:(0.28)
954:(1.76)
949:(8.12)
944:(8.62)
939:(3.96)
934:(4.17)
929:(3.89)
924:(5.49)
919:(2.61)
914:(1.55)
909:(0.72)
904:(0.30)
890:(41.9)
885:(44.2)
880:(52.9)
875:(62.6)
870:(68.4)
865:(72.0)
860:(70.0)
855:(73.2)
850:(68.9)
845:(64.2)
840:(57.0)
835:(53.8)
830:(41.9)
820:(74.6)
815:(68.5)
810:(72.1)
805:(74.7)
800:(76.1)
795:(76.6)
790:(76.8)
785:(77.5)
780:(78.3)
775:(78.1)
770:(75.7)
765:(71.8)
760:(68.7)
750:(83.2)
745:(78.3)
740:(80.4)
735:(81.9)
730:(82.9)
725:(83.5)
720:(83.8)
715:(84.9)
710:(86.4)
705:(88.0)
700:(85.8)
695:(82.8)
690:(79.3)
680:(93.8)
675:(89.1)
670:(89.8)
665:(90.3)
660:(92.7)
655:(92.8)
650:(93.0)
645:(94.6)
640:(97.3)
630:(98.6)
625:(95.5)
620:(91.4)
605:(97.5)
595:(96.8)
487:monsoon
470:Climate
351:walkway
341:Economy
278:to the
258:History
239:tambons
175:25,651
127:Country
1576:18 May
1546:18 May
1284:(film)
1177:260.4
1174:186.0
1171:145.7
1168:108.0
1165:117.8
1162:117.8
1159:114.0
1156:155.0
1153:240.0
1150:238.7
1147:245.8
1144:263.5
501:Month
264:Rama I
248:tambon
1642:(PDF)
1059:69.7
1056:65.9
1053:72.3
1050:79.4
1047:76.5
1044:73.9
1041:73.1
1038:72.1
1035:69.9
1032:63.4
1029:62.6
1026:62.5
1023:64.5
1011:80.5
1002:12.0
999:13.8
996:11.0
993:10.6
990:10.0
987:10.1
947:206.3
942:219.0
937:100.6
932:106.0
922:139.4
540:Year
365:monk
224:) in
186:UTC+7
1672:2016
1650:2016
1625:2023
1603:2022
1578:2015
1548:2015
1518:2022
1493:2022
1468:2022
1443:2022
1333:2015
1227:6.0
1224:8.4
1221:6.2
1218:4.7
1215:3.6
1212:3.8
1209:3.8
1206:3.8
1203:5.0
1200:8.0
1197:7.7
1194:8.7
1191:8.5
1131:21.8
1126:18.3
1121:21.1
1116:23.4
1111:23.5
1106:23.2
1101:23.1
1096:23.4
1091:23.5
1086:22.5
1081:21.1
1076:19.5
1071:18.4
1020:(%)
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1005:3.5
984:4.2
981:2.6
978:1.1
975:0.8
952:44.6
927:98.9
917:66.4
912:39.4
907:18.3
878:11.6
873:17.0
868:20.2
863:22.2
858:21.1
853:22.9
848:20.5
843:17.9
838:13.9
833:12.1
818:23.7
813:20.3
808:22.3
803:23.7
798:24.5
793:24.8
788:24.9
783:25.3
778:25.7
773:25.6
768:24.3
763:22.1
758:20.4
748:28.4
743:25.7
738:26.9
733:27.7
728:28.3
723:28.6
718:28.8
713:29.4
708:30.2
703:31.1
698:29.9
693:28.2
688:26.3
678:34.3
673:31.7
668:32.1
663:32.4
658:33.7
653:33.8
648:33.9
643:34.8
638:36.3
633:38.0
628:37.0
623:35.3
618:33.0
608:44.0
603:36.4
598:38.0
593:36.0
588:39.8
583:39.4
578:39.7
573:40.6
568:42.8
563:44.0
558:42.3
553:40.8
548:38.4
537:Dec
534:Nov
531:Oct
528:Sep
525:Aug
522:Jul
519:Jun
516:May
513:Apr
510:Mar
507:Feb
504:Jan
462:The
404:POWs
329:and
282:and
203:Thai
40:Town
957:7.2
902:7.6
888:5.5
883:6.8
828:5.5
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