Nong Chan Refugee Camp

Nong Chan
Camp 511
Nong Chan is located in Thailand
Nong Chan
Nong Chan
Location in Thailand
Coordinates: 13°49′55″N 102°44′00″E / 13.83194°N 102.73333°E / 13.83194; 102.73333
CountryThailand
Established by Cambodian refugeesmid-1950s
Destroyed by the People's Army of Vietnam31 January 1983
RebuiltFebruary-May 1984
Destroyed by the People's Army of Vietnam18 November 1984
Government
 • TypeGuerrilla Organizations: MOULINAKA, KPNLF
 • Military CommanderKong Sileah (November–December 1979)
 • Military CommanderChea Chhut (December 1979-November 1984)
Area
 • Total
2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population
 (January 1984)
 • Total
13,000 to 30,000

Nong Chan Refugee Camp, in Nong Chan Village, Khok Sung District, Sa Kaeo Province, Thailand, was one of the earliest organized refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, where thousands of Khmer refugees sought food and health care after fleeing the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. It was destroyed by the Vietnamese military in late 1984, after which its population was transferred to Site Two Refugee Camp.

Map of Thai Border Refugee Camps, with roads and nearby Thai communities, distributed to aid workers by the American Refugee Committee in May 1984.