Gila River Relocation Center | |
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 School children participating in the Harvest Festival Parade | |
 Location in Pinal County and the state of Arizona | |
  Gila River Relocation Center Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°03′54″N 111°49′50″W / 33.06500°N 111.83056°W Gila River Relocation Center (historical) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pinal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.4 sq mi (6.1 km2) |
| • Land | 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, one of several built by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during the Second World War for the incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast.[1] It was located within the Gila River Indian Reservation (over their objections) near the town of Sacaton, about 30 mi (48.3 km) southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became the fourth-largest city in the state, operating from May 1942 to November 16, 1945.[2]
- ^ "War Relocation Authority | Densho Encyclopedia". encyclopedia.densho.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "Gila River | Densho Encyclopedia". encyclopedia.densho.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-12-03.