Heart Mountain Relocation Center

The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, named after nearby and located midway between the northwest towns of and , was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted during World War II from their local communities in the West Coast Exclusion Zone by the executive order of President Franklin Roosevelt.
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  • Historical site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 4,700 feet (1,430 metres)
  • Description: American concentration camp in Wyoming, United States
  • Also known as
    “Heart Mountain Concentration Camp”
    “Heart Mountain internment camp”
    “Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Historical)”
    “Heart Mountain War Relocation Center”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ralston.
Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , , United States. is situated 5 miles northeast of Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

Heart Mountain Relocation Center

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Latitude
44.67373° or 44° 40′ 25″ north
Longitude
-108.94648° or 108° 56′ 47″ west
Open location code
85PHM3F3+FC
Geo­Names ID
11103868
Wiki­data ID
Q5692049

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Portuguese—“Heart Mountain Relocation Center” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Centre de Concentració de Heart Mountain”
  • Chinese: “心山”
  • Chinese: “心臟山遷移中心”
  • German: “Heart Mountain Relocation Center”
  • German: “Heart Mountain Umzugszentrum”
  • Japanese: “ハートマウンテン収容所”
  • Japanese: “ハートマウンテン強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ハートマウンテン戦争移住センター”
  • Japanese: “ハートマウンテン移住センター”
  • Japanese: “ワイオミング州ハートマウンテン収容所”
  • Persian: “مرکز جابه‌جایی کوه هارت”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Realocação Heart Mountain”

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