Kyauk Bi Lu or Kyaukbilu() is a village tract of

Kyain Seikgyi Township Kyainseikgyi Township ( Phlone: ; , ) is the only township of Kyain Seikkyi District () in southern Kayin State Kayin State (, ; ; , ), formerly known as Karen State, is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. The capital city ...

Kawkareik District Kawkareik District (Eastern Pwo language, Phlone ; ; also called Dooplaya in Karen language) is a district of the Karen State in Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 4 towns; Kawkareik, the capital, Kyainseikgyi, Kyondoe, Payathonzu and Kyaikdon; and 552 ...

, in

Kayin State Kayin State (, ; ; , ), formerly known as Karen State, is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An. The terrain of the state is mountainous; with the Dawna Range running along the ...

, Myanmar (Burma). In 2014 it had a total population of 8,350 people. The village tract contains four villages. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the

prisoner of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war for a ...

camps Ronsi (also Lonsi) and Mezali were located in Kyauk Bi Lu on the

Burma Railway The Burma Railway, also known as the Siam–Burma Railway, Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, or as the Death Railway, is a railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma (now called Myanmar). It was built from 1940 to 1943 ...

. Camp Mezali was a work camp located 70 kilometres from

Thanbyuzayat Thanbyuzayat (; , "Reid, Robert and Grosberg, Michael (2005) ''Myanmar (Burma)'' (9th edition) Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Victoria, Australiapage 159 ) is a town in the Mon State of south-eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative cente ...

. There were two subcamps: Upper Mezali en Kami Mezali. The first prisoners arrived on 11 March 1943. The camp contained a large number of Dutch, British and some Australian prisoners of wars. It was abandoned by December 1943.

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Populated places in Kayin State Burma Railway {{Kayin-geo-stub