Darbandikhan Dam

The Darbandikhan Dam is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the in northern , . It was constructed between 1956 and 1961.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Darbandikhan, Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Also known as: Darband-i Khān Dam”, “Derbend Khan Dam”, “Derbendi Khan Dam”, “Derbenki Khan”, “Sadaka”, and “Sudd Darband Khān

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darbandikhan.

Town
is a town in the Governorate of in , . It is situated within the area of autonomy for the Kurdistan region of Iraq, inhabited by the majority of the Kurds.

Darbandikhan Dam

Latitude
35.11332° or 35° 6′ 48″ north
Longitude
45.70635° or 45° 42′ 23″ east
Elevation
474 metres (1,555 feet)
Open location code
8H774P74+8G
Geo­Names ID
97180
Wiki­data ID
Q2261799
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Darbandikhan Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سد دربندخان
  • Cebuano: Sadd Darbandikhan
  • Central Kurdish: بەنداوی دەربەندیخان
  • Dutch: Darbandikhan Dam
  • French: Barrage de Darbandikhan
  • French: Barrage de Derbendi Khan
  • French: Barrage de Derbendikan
  • French: barrage de Derbendikhan
  • German: Darbandichan-Talsperre
  • Hebrew: סכר דרבנדח’אן
  • Indonesian: Bendungan Darbandikhan
  • Italian: diga di Darbandikhan
  • Italian: Diga di Darbandikhan
  • Japanese: ダーバンディハンダム
  • Kurdish: Bendava Derbendîxanê
  • Kurdish: Sedeke
  • Kurdish: سەدەكە
  • Persian: سد دربندیخان
  • Russian: ГЭС Дербандикхан
  • Russian: Дербандикхан
  • Spanish: Presa de Darbandikhan
  • Swedish: Sadd Darbandikhan
  • Turkish: Derbendihan Barajı
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Дербандікхан

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