New Village

New villages, also known as Chinese new villages, were concentration camps created during the waning days of in . They were originally created as part of the Briggs Plan, first implemented in 1950, to isolate guerillas from their supporters within the rural civilian populations during the Malayan Emergency.
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 12 metres (39 feet)
  • …is also known as “Chinese new villages”
  • Description: Chinese internment camps created by the British in Malaysia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Masjid Pekan Sepang.
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is a mosque, which is situated 2½ km northwest of New Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sepang and Sungai Pelek.
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is a small border town and also a mukim in , , .
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is a small town in district which offers some pleasant surprises.
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is a township in Labu… is situated 9 km north of New Village.

New Village

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Latitude
2.6746° or 2° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
101.7633° or 101° 45′ 48″ east
Open location code
6PJ3MQF7+R8
Geo­Names ID
8356329
Wiki­data ID
Q7360037

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tamil—“New Village” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القرى الصينية الجديدة”
  • Catalan: “New village”
  • Chinese: “华人新村”
  • Dutch: “New Village”
  • French: “Chinese new villages”
  • French: “New village”
  • French: “Nouveaux villages chinois”
  • French: “Nouveaux villages”
  • Hindi: “नया गाँव”
  • Japanese: “華人新村”
  • Malay: “Kampung baru Cina”
  • Malay: “New Village”
  • Tamil: “மலாயா புதுக்கிராமங்கள்”

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