page_title: Khao-I-Dang
section_title: Camp residents
hierarchical_section_title: Khao-I-Dang / Camp population / Camp residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Khao-I-Dang Holding Center entrance, as seen from Thai National Highway No. 348, May 1984. In the background is Khao-I-Dang Mountain; to the right is one of two water towers which stored water for the camp.
context_page_description: Khao-I-Dang Holding Center was a Cambodian refugee camp 20 km north of Aranyaprathet in Prachinburi Province of Thailand. The most enduring refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border, it was established in late-1979 and administered by the Thai Interior Ministry and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, unlike other camps on the border, which were administered by a coalition made up of UNICEF, the World Food Program, International Committee of the Red Cross, and after 1982, the United Nations Border Relief Operation.
context_section_description: The presence at Khao-I-Dang of a large number of refugees with education and experience in administration, health, teaching, or technical skills reduced the language problems and allowed early involvement of refugees in all fields of activities.
  Many Cambodians recall spending some time at KID, including Dr Haing S. Ngor of the film The Killing Fields, who (as a refugee) was employed in 1979 in the 400-bed ICRC hospital. The final scene in the film was shot at KID in 1983, in the surgical ward where Dr. Ngor had worked. Former refugees who have described their experiences in Khao-I-Dang include Molyda Szymusiak, Chanrithy Him, Oni Vitandham and Mohm Phat.
caption: Khao-I-Dang entrance, as seen from Thai National Hwy 348, May 1984. In the background is Khao-I-Dang Mountain; to the right is one of two water towers which stored water for the camp.
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