Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is both a city and a province in Thailand. For the province, see Kanchanaburi province.

Kanchanaburi (Thai กาญจนบุรี) is a city in the west of Thailand. Geographical location 14°2′ N 99°32′ E. Population 52,000. It is located at the confluence of the river Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai, where in 1942 the famous Bridge on the River Kwai was built by POW of the Japanese. A memorial and two museums: The Thailand-Burma Railway Museum (opened in March 2003), the JEATH War Museum about the bridge, the Death Railway, and a World War II Allied cemetery are also located in Kanchanaburi.

Kanchanaburi is capital of the province Kanchanaburi.

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