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Also known as Manzanar War Relocation Center, Manzanar National Historic Site, MANZ

Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, from March 1942 to November 1945. Although it had over 10,000 inmates at its peak, Manzanar was one of the smaller internment camps. It is located in California's Owens Valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, approximately north of Los Angeles. Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish. The Manzanar National Historic Site, which preserves and interprets th

Key facts

NRHP.name
Manzanar War Relocation Center
NRHP.nrhp_type
nhl
NRHP.nrhp_type2
nhs
NRHP.image
Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Street scene of barrack homes... - NARA - 538128 - restored.png
NRHP.caption
A hot windstorm brings dust from the surrounding desert, July 3, 1942
NRHP.location
Inyo County, California
NRHP.nearest_city
Independence, California
NRHP.locmapin
California#USA
NRHP.built
1942
NRHP.added
July 30, 1976
NRHP.designated_nrhp_type
February 4, 1985
NRHP.designated_nrhp_type2
March 3, 1992
NRHP.designated_other1
California
NRHP.designated_other1_date
1972
NRHP.designated_other1_number
850
NRHP.designated_other2
LAHCM
NRHP.designated_other2_date
September 15, 1976
NRHP.designated_other2_number
160

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Wikidata facts

Located in
Inyo County
Continent
North America
Official website
www.nps.gov/manz
Image
Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Street scene of barrack homes... - NARA - 538128 - restored.png
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heritage designation
California Historical Landmark
Commons category
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Commons gallery
Manzanar
inception
1972-00-00
visitors per year
65289
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