Keban Dam
The Keban Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. The dam is the first and uppermost of several large-scale dams to be built on the Euphrates by Turkey.Photo: Heinz it up 57, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Keban, Turkey
- Also known as: “Keban Barajı”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keban and Çalık.
Keban
Town
Elazığ is a city in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia, at an altitude of 1067 m and with a population of 387,072 in 2022. Although the railway and main eastern highway pass through, it's almost an island, as huge modern reservoir lakes surround it.
Çalık
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Çalık is a village in the Keban District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 86. The village is populated by Turkmens. Çalık is situated 4 km southeast of Keban Dam.
Büklümlü
Village
Büklümlü is a village in the Keban District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 67. Büklümlü is situated 4 km east of Keban Dam.
Keban Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.80803° or 38° 48′ 29″ northLongitude
38.7567° or 38° 45′ 24″ eastElevation
718 metres (2,356 feet)Open location code
8GCWRQ54+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 28431893OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Keban Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد كبان”
- Cebuano: “Keban Barajı”
- Chinese: “凯班坝”
- Chinese: “凯班大坝”
- Chinese: “凱班壩”
- Chinese: “科班水壩”
- Czech: “Kebanská přehradní nádrž”
- Dutch: “Kebandam”
- Dutch: “Kebanstuwmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد كيبان”
- French: “barrage de Keban”
- French: “Barrage de keban”
- French: “Barrage de Keban”
- German: “Keban-Talsperre”
- Hebrew: “סכר קבן”
- Hungarian: “Keban Barajı”
- Hungarian: “Keban-gát”
- Italian: “diga di Keban”
- Italian: “Diga di Keban”
- Japanese: “ケバン・ダム”
- Kurdish: “Bendava Kebanê”
- Lithuanian: “Kebano tvenkinys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Keban-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kebandemningen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kebandemningen”
- Norwegian: “Kebandemningen”
- Persian: “سد کبان”
- Polish: “Keban”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Quebane”
- Russian: “Кебанская плотина”
- Slovenian: “jez Keban”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Keban”
- Spanish: “Pantano de Keban”
- Spanish: “Presa de Keban”
- Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Keban”
- Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Keban”
- Turkish: “Keban Baraji”
- Turkish: “Keban Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
- Turkish: “Keban Barajı”
- Turkish: “Keban Hidroelektrik Santrali”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Кебан”
- “Keban Baraji”
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