Konkoita (original) (raw)

Konkoita (Japanese: コンコイタ, originally from Karen; approximated in Thai as Kaeng Khoi Tha แก่งคอยท่า or เกริงกวยทะ RTGS: Kroeng Kuai Tha) is a former prisoner of war camp in the Sangkhla Buri District of the Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Located near the Karen village of Ban Kroeng Kruai, it was the location where the two sides of the Burma Railway met on 17 October 1943 at 262.87 kilometres from the starting point in Thailand. Konkoita and neighbouring villages were flooded in June 1984 by the construction of the Vajiralongkorn Dam. The population in the area was resettled several kilometres from the original villages.