Jinja District
Jinja
Mpumudde/Kimaka Division

Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station

Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the White Nile near its source at in . Nalubaale is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam and lake
  • Also known as: “Nalubaale Power Station” and “Owen Falls Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Owen Falls and Jinja Airport.

Dam
The was a waterfall on the White Nile in near the city of Jinja. The falls, together with the nearby Ripon Falls, were submerged in 1954 with the completion of the Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station. is situated 260 metres east of Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.

Aerodrome
is a small civilian and military airport in . It serves the town of in , Busoga, . It is adjacent to the of the Uganda People's Defence Force at , a suburb of Jinja.

Dam
is a hydroelectric power station in , with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts. is situated 770 metres north of Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buwenda and Bugembe.

Village
is a small village in located in the district, close to the town of . is situated 4 km north of Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.

Village
is a town in in the of . It is the seat of the Kingdom of Busoga, one of the four constitutional in Uganda, which is coterminous with the Busoga sub-region. is situated 7 km northeast of Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.

Village
is an urban division of one of the municipalities in , in the of . Division is one of the three divisions of the city of . The other two divisions are Wakisi Division and Njeru Division. is situated 9 km southwest of Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.

Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station

Latitude
0.44363° or 0° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
33.18476° or 33° 11′ 5″ east
Elevation
1,131 metres (3,711 feet)
Operator
UEGCL
Open location code
6GGMC5VM+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 506145556
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
226894
Wiki­data ID
Q488982
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as UEB and Kimaka.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station”. Photo: Fredrick Onyango, CC BY 2.0.