Darbandikhan Dam
The Darbandikhan Dam is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Diyala River in northern Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. It was constructed between 1956 and 1961.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- 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.
Darbandikhan
Town
Darbandikhan is a town in the Governorate of Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is situated within the area of autonomy for the Kurdistan region of Iraq, inhabited by the majority of the Kurds.
Darbandikhan Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and water reservoir
- Location: Darbandikhan District, Sulemania Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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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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