Hombolo Dam

Hombolo Dam is a dam in . It is at Hombolo-Bwawani village, in -rural District. The dam was constructed by the colonial government in 1957 for irrigation, domestic water supply, and water for livestock.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: Hombolo Lake

Hombolo Dam

Latitude
-6° or 6° south
Longitude
35.91667° or 35° 55′ east
Elevation
1,039 metres (3,409 feet)
Open location code
6G6Q2W28+2M
Geo­Names ID
159600
Wiki­data ID
Q121478
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In Other Languages

From German to Swahili—“Hombolo Dam” goes by many names.
  • German: Hombolo-Stausee
  • Italian: diga di Hombolo
  • Swahili: Lambo la Hombolo

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hombolo Dam”. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.