Hindiya Barrage

The Hindiya Barrage is a barrage on the south of the town of in Babil Governorate of Iraq. Located north of the , it was designed by British civil engineer William Willcocks in response to the silting up of the Hillah branch of the Euphrates.
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 31 metres (102 feet)
  • Description: Barrage in the Euphrates in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Hindīyah”
    “Hindiyah Barrage”
    “Saddat al Hindiyah”

Hindiya Barrage

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Latitude
32.71278° or 32° 42′ 46″ north
Longitude
44.26667° or 44° 16′ east
Open location code
8H46P778+4M
Geo­Names ID
95809
Wiki­data ID
Q1619329

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Hindiya Barrage” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سدة الهندية”
  • Cebuano: “Saddat al Hindīyah”
  • Dutch: “Hindiyabarrage”
  • French: “barrage de Hindiya”
  • French: “Barrage de hindiya”
  • French: “Barrage de Hindiya”
  • German: “Al-Hindiyya-Kanal”
  • German: “Hindiyya-Kanal”
  • German: “Indischer Kanal”
  • Italian: “diga di Hindiya”
  • Italian: “Diga di Hindiya”
  • Italian: “Hindiya (diga)”
  • Japanese: “ヒンディヤ堰”
  • Japanese: “新ヒンディーヤ・ダム”
  • Persian: “سد هاندییا”
  • Swedish: “Hindiyadammen”
  • Swedish: “Saddat al Hindīyah”

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