Mae La Refugee Camp

Mae La, alternatively spelled Maela, or Beh Klaw, is a refugee camp in Thailand. It was established in 1984 in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province in the area and houses 50,000 Karen refugees; the number continues to rise as of June 2019.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: refugee camp in Tak Province, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Mae La refugee camp”

Mae La Refugee Camp

Latitude
17.1228° or 17° 7′ 22″ north
Longitude
98.3823° or 98° 22′ 56″ east
Population
50,000
Open location code
7M9W49FJ+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 463221495
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­refugee_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Wiki­data ID
Q5970628
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Urdu—“Mae La Refugee Camp” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “မယ်လဒုက္ခသည်စခန်း”
  • Chinese: “迈拉难民营”
  • Chinese: “邁拉難民營”
  • Dutch: “Mae La refugee camp”
  • German: “Mae La”
  • Indonesian: “Mae La”
  • Japanese: “メーラ・キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “メーラー・キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “メーラ難民キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “メラ・キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “メラキャンプ”
  • Japanese: “メラ難民キャンプ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mae La”
  • Norwegian: “Mae La”
  • Romanian: “Tabăra de refugiați Mae La”
  • Swahili: “Kambi ya Wakimbizi ya Mae La”
  • Thai: “พื้นที่พักพิงชั่วคราวบ้านแม่หละ”
  • Thai: “พื้นที่พักพิงชั่วคราวผู้หนีภัยการสู้รบ บ้านแม่หละ”
  • Urdu: “مائے لا ریفوگیی کیمپ”

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