Manzanar
Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, from March 1942 to November 1945.- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Protected area
- Description: World War II Japanese-American internment camp in California
- Also known as: “MANZ”, “Manzanar National Historic Site”, and “Manzanar War Relocation Center”
- Address: 5001 Highway 395, Independence, CA 93526
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manzanar and Reward.
Manzanar
Hamlet
Photo: Gmatsuda, Public domain.
Manzanar was a town in Inyo County, California, founded by water engineer and land developer George Chaffey. Most notably, Manzanar is known for its role in the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Manzanar is situated 4 miles east of Manzanar.
Reward
Hamlet
Reward was a mining site in Inyo County, California. It is located on the west side of the Inyo Mountains 9.5 miles north of Lone Pine, at an elevation of 3865 feet. Reward is situated 6 miles east of Manzanar.
Independence
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Independence is an unincorporated census-designated place in and the county seat of Inyo County, California. Independence is located 41 miles south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3930 feet.
Manzanar
- Categories: National Historic Site and Japanese Americans relocation camp
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.72701° or 36° 43′ 37″ northLongitude
-118.15302° or 118° 9′ 11″ westElevation
3,904 feet (1,190 metres)Operator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
8583PRGW+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 37814132
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Manzanar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مانزانار”
- Cebuano: “Manzanar War Relocation Center”
- Chinese: “曼讚纳拘留营”
- Chinese: “曼贊納拘留營”
- Chinese: “曼赞纳”
- Chinese: “曼赞纳拘留营”
- Czech: “Manzanar”
- Danish: “Manzanar”
- Dutch: “Manzanar National Historic Site”
- Dutch: “Manzanar War Relocation Center”
- Dutch: “Manzanar”
- Esperanto: “Manzanar”
- French: “Manzanar”
- German: “Manzanar National Historic Site”
- German: “Manzanar Relocation Center”
- German: “Manzanar War Relocation Center”
- German: “Manzanar”
- Greek: “Μανζανάρ”
- Hebrew: “מאנזנר”
- Indonesian: “Manzanar”
- Indonesian: “Pusat Relokasi Perang Manzanar”
- Italian: “Manzanar”
- Japanese: “マンザナー”
- Japanese: “マンザナール”
- Japanese: “マンザナール収容所”
- Japanese: “マンザナール強制収容所”
- Japanese: “マンザナール戦時轉住所”
- Japanese: “マンザナー強制収容所”
- Japanese: “マンザナー戦争移住センター”
- Kazakh: “Manzanar”
- Kazakh: “Манзанар”
- Kazakh: “مانزانار”
- Korean: “맨저너”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Manzanar”
- Norwegian: “Manzanar”
- Persian: “منزنار”
- Polish: “Manzanar”
- Portuguese: “Manzanar”
- Russian: “Манзанар”
- Spanish: “Manzanar”
- Turkish: “Manzanar Toplama Kampı”
- Turkish: “Manzanar War Relocation Center”
- Vietnamese: “Manzanar”
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